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Hillary Clinton: Caution in treating preschoolers with psychiatric drugs

Hillary Clinton announced a new federal program that cautions parents about giving preschool children Ritalin and other psychiatric drugs meant to treat attention-deficit disorders. The first lady said the effort, involving four federal agencies, is not "to bash" the use of such drugs but to provide more information to parents, school officials, social workers and health-care providers. Citing a recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Mrs. Clinton said that from 1991 to 1995, use of Ritalin among US preschoolers increased 150% and antidepressants like Prozac went up more than 200%. "Some of these young people have problems that are symptoms of nothing more than childhood or adolescence," she said. She emphasized the need to determine whether family therapy and behavior-modification treatment should be used in conjunction with the drugs to help children who exhibit disruptive emotional or mental problems.
Source: CNN.com coverage Mar 20, 2000

John McCain: Violence in media caused Littleton shootings

Following the Littleton school shootings, McCain was one of four lawmakers who wrote Clinton after the shootings to call for a close look at "the entertainment media and the violent images and message with which they are bombarding our children."
Source: CNN coverage: AllPolitics Apr 30, 1999

Sam Clovis: Same-sex marriage could lead to legalizing pedophilia

Sam Clovis has argued that same-sex marriage could lead to the legalization of pedophilia. At a campaign stop during his failed campaign for the Republican Senate nomination, Clovis said the science was still out but "as far as we know" being LGBT is protections for a choice in behavior as opposed to a primary characteristic."

Continues Clovis, "Follow the logic, if you engage in a particular behavior, what also becomes protected? Are we going to protect pedophilia? Are we going to protect polyamorous marriage?"

When a questioner said some might call Clovis' words extreme, Clovis responded, "I don't think it's extreme. I think it's a logical extension of thought. And if you cannot follow the logic then you're denying your in denial."

Source: CNN.com coverage of 2017 Trump Administration nominations Aug 21, 2017

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