Girl shot with taser during school fight. BRITTANY REINDL | FOX 35 News ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) – In an attempt to break up a fight, a school resource officer deployed a taser on a middle school student on Wednesday. After the school day let out at Southwest Middle, two girls began throwing punches [...]
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L.A. County probation officials find videos on YouTube of fights between students at a Lancaster camp. Investigators will conduct interviews and examine computers to determine the teacher responsible. FIGHTVIDEOS MADE BY YOUTHS IN LA COUNTY PROBATION WERE REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE LATE LAST MONTH AT PROBATION OFFICIALS REQUEST. THE TIMES IS MAKING THE VIDEOS AVAILABLE [...]
Cumberland County resource officers arrested two students from Jack Britt High School after a fight broke out on the school’s campus Thursday afternoon. Investigators say 16-year-old Antonio Skeete and 16-year-old Teron Rutledge were arrested after they began fighting in front of the school shortly after 1 p.m. Skeete, who continued to fight and advance aggressively [...]
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I am a mother who recently lost her son to a senseless act of teen violence. The young man who was responsible for my son’s death had quite a history of juvenile offenses. Every day, when I turn on the television and read the newspaper, I see another youth responsible for gun violence. The juvenile [...]
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Near 11% increase in Rx drug spending for US children in 2009, with 5% greater usage of medications In growing numbers, children across America are adding a dose of medicine to their daily routine. In 2009, the drug trend for children – a measure of prescription spending growth – increased 10.8%, driven by a 5% [...]
June 1, 2010 | From theTrumpet.com One in four children took drugs for chronic conditions in 2009, according to a new report. Prescription drug use among youngsters in the United States is growing at nearly four times the rate as among the overall population. A new report shows that nearly a quarter of insured children [...]
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New Study: 20% of Teens Abuse Drugs Not Prescribed to Them We talk with a local expert about the trend. Updated: Friday, 04 Jun 2010, 11:54 PM CDT by Tim Blotz and Mary Costello, FOX 9 News Eden Prairie, Minn. – Think those illegal drugs some of our teenagers are taking are all street drugs? [...]
Growing numbers of children on medication NewsTimes.com By Eileen FitzGerald June 7, 2010 Here’s just one statistic that Danbury school psychologist Charles Manos worries about: 42 percent of all kids in foster care are taking three or more mood-altering drugs. “All kids in foster care have some story of trauma, like abuse or neglect, so we [...]
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Drugging Children. Instead of Teaching Children to Manage Behavior The New Trend is To Medicate Them
« The Huffington Post: “Pilots Taking Antidepressants? The FAA Is Risking Our Lives” FDA says Pfizer overdosed 13 children in antipsychotic drug trial » Psychiatric Drugging Of Infants And Toddlers In The US – Part I CounterCurrents.org By Evelyn Pringle April 19, 2010 The United States has become the psychiatric drugging capital of the world [...]
4 adults hurt in fight at upstate NY high school Associated Press BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Authorities say two assistant principals and two police officers are recovering from minor injuries after a food fight at an upstate New York high school escalated into a brawl among students. Police in Binghamton say nine Binghamton High [...]
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