Brenda Ann Dyer wrote:


Did you bother to read this part?

"a sweeping mental health
initiative that recommends screening for every citizen and promotes
the use of expensive antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs"

The kid part is a smokescreen. The people putting forth this thing figure
nobody's going to gripe about something that 'helps the children'. Try to
have open eyes. If this is true, it's something we should ALL be against,
since it has a 100% chance of being abused/misused.




If you'd like to read the final report of the New Freedom Commission the
article at the beginning of this thread was criticizing, it's available at:

http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Home4/Home_Page_Spotlights/Spotlight_4/FinalReport.pdf

It is rather long - but this is the actual report.

If nothing else, reading the executive summary will put you in a better
position to understand what they recommend and why.

My feeling is the article at the start of the thread was a smoke screen
- intended to gin up protests before an actual proposal is even made.

Naturally, it will be important to make sure any legislation derived
from this report follows the spirit and intent of the commission's
report before deciding if it's a good bill.