The Drugging of our Children: A documentary from health-advocate Gary Null. The first half is about Attention Deficit Disorder, and how the educational, and child-welfare system often advocate drugging children as a solution for fidgeting and boredom.

The second half deals with SSRI drug dangers, such as hallucination, suicide, depersonalization and amnesia. Eric Harris, one of the Columbine shooters, was on Luvox at the time. We see what I think is home video of Harris and Kliebold playing with guns, and being stupid. There is also security camera footage from the actual event. The credits list several people for re-enactments, some of that might be mixed in as well. It is hard to tell.

The interviews with the families and victims of the administration of these drugs are heart-wrenching. Corey Baasgaard describes waking from a dream-state, in confinement with no memory of taking a high-powered rifle into his third-period English class, herding his classmates and teacher into a corner, holding them at gunpoint for 45 minutes, and then being persuaded by the principal into giving up his gun. He was using Effexor, his dose had just been upped to 300mg. His father tells how long, tedious and meticulous the weaning from this drug was. It took an extremely gradual reduction of Corey’s dose over a period of months, during which time if he took too little he would become extremely emotional. It seems insane that any drug that can creates such a degree of dependence can be so easily prescribed.

Michael Moore is extensively interviewed, he says that he would have been a perfect candidate for an ADD diagnosis as a child, and that he didn’t consider these drugs in shooting “Bowling for Columbine.”

Oddly enough Neil (Ignite Educational Software, Silverado scandal, brother of the president) Bush is interviewed and is an anti-drugging advocate. His profitable software uses cartoons and rap music to hold attention instead.

Nutrition, avoidance of lead, sugar and allergens are suggested as alternatives to ADD drugs.