JK> It is malpractice today to prescribe certain drugs for children with a
 JK> family history of alcoholism.  Concerning the treatment of children
 JK> with ADHD, a local doctor, a specialist in addiction, states that it is
 JK> first necessary to treat the underlying alcoholism before medicating
 JK> the child in question.
 JK> We do not treat alcoholism with mind altering drugs.
 JK> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Not in this
 JK> state, at any rate.  I have met the qualifications for someone who does
 JK> diagnose and treat alcoholism and drug addiction in this state since
 JK> the early 1980's.  That is exactly why I object to the children of
 JK> alcoholics being damaged by irresponsible practitioners.
 Why do you keep insisting that the majority of children with ADHD have
 alcoholism and/or drug addiction in their backround? This is *NOT* the
 case with my grandchildren and it is not the case of many of the people
 that post on this echo....It *may* be true, in some cases, but you keep
 lumping all the AD(H)D children in one group...this is simply not true.
 Marie Weidemann
 JK> 
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