MK> >  I should know better, but .. what "mind altering drug(s) are you
MK> >  referring to ??
MK>She is probably referring to Ritalin.  They are looking to get ADHD
MK>catagorized as more of a medical disorder and not a mental one.  Research 
ha
MK>shown that there is a deficit of nerve conduction and blood flow to the
MK>frontal lobe of the brain of those who suffer with ADHD.  When will the
MK>public wake up?
1.  Not only Ritalin.  I've been a nurse since the 1940's, a drug and
alcohol counselor since the late 1960's and there are many mind altering
drugs which are abused....both by the medical profession as well as
various individuals.
For more information on the abuse by professionals, ask your pharmacist
to point you in the direction of the local board that monitors that sort
of thing in your area.
The hopsital I spent two years in as a student nurse is St. Elizabeths,
in Washington, D.C.  It is a federal psychiatric hospital where
treatment of the mentally ill has been going on for many years.
2.  There is more research, on many other so called mental diseases that
indicates that most of it has a physical basis.  The Human Genome
Project will keep providing us with more and more information on those
which are genetic in origin.
Information on the results of that is not widespread as yet.  There is
one journal that costs around $200 as year or one can subscribe to a
service on the internet.  Poor people will wait for articles to be
printed elsewhere.
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