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A friend took their video camera to a Foster Care Alumni meeting and asked seven foster kids to tell them about their experiences in Child Protective Services while wards of the state.
One thing they all had in common was massive over drugging with psychiatric drugs.
Child placement agencies, foster parents, RTCs (Residential Treatment Centers) and Therapeutic Foster Homes get paid a certain amount of money each day for taking care of a foster child. The amount of money they get paid depends on a level of care system. The more difficult the child or the more problems that child has, the more money you get.
A child at the basic level of care is worth about 17 dollars a day where as a child in the highest level of care could be worth as much as a 1000 dollars a day. This puts the incentive on diagnosing children with behavior problems to justify raising their level of care. A child on psychiatric drugs is worth more than a child without problems.
It is not uncommon for a foster child to be placed on many different psychotropic drugs at the same time. Some investigations have found children on as many as 13 mind altering drugs prescribed by a psychiatrist at one time.
These drugs include all categories of psychiatric drugs; antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, anxiety medications, anticonvulsant medications, etc.
The SSRI drugs are common- such as Paxil, Zoloft, Prozac, etc. Also a number of these children described taking Risperdal, Zyprexa, Geodon and other new generation antipsychotics which have been linked to weight gain, obesity and diabetes.
Visit the website for the Foster Care Alumni of America.
I am gonna make the prediction that immigrants (legal and illegal) and their supporters are going to be the ones to save this country from faschism; if it at all it can be saved from faschism. They have brought with them, from their respective nations, the active involvement that the people take in dictating to their government; and are more keenly aware, of and adverse to, governmental transgression. Many of them come from countries where they have to confront daily suppression of civil rights and are not opposed to the idea of protesting and holding governments accountable in spite of the personal risks. This is contrary to their mainstream counterparts who have been seduced by the lure of materialism and financial gain to the detriment of their civic responsibilities.
There is a danger, however. This danger is that an organized group (that could include a shadow government) of people can seize upon the turmoil caused and the willingness to take to the streets by the above and orchestrate a scenario where they would use civil unrest as fodder for the implementation of martial law or government overthrow (in the case of an extranational enemy to the united states).
Ronald Reagan-- Jim Shaw reports that President Reagan was brought into the Lodge while in office. The official Masonic line is, "President Reagan is not a Freemason although he is an honourary member of the Imperial Council of the Shrine. President Reagan has on numerous occasions been involved in Shrine and Masonic functions throughout his career. In the Oval Office of the White House on February 11th, 1988, when a group of Freemasons presented President Reagan with a certificate of honour from the Grand Lodge of Washington, D.C., then he was made an Honourary Scottish Rite mason." It was at this event that Jim Shaw claims that "a world famous evengelist" was also oathed into Masonic degrees. Jim Shaw was iced shortly after publishing his claims in a book.
Bush Sr- Some draw an association with his use of the phrase "new world order" in a 11 September, 1990 televised address to a joint session of Congress, but no regular lodge is on record as having initiated either him or his son, USA President George W. Bush. He was a member of the Skull and Bones fraternity at Yale University; which has certain superficial elements in common with Freemasonry, of which the principal one might be summarized in their motto, "memento mori".
What your Doctor isn't Telling You. Psychiatry vs. Physical Medicine
Dr. Moria Dolan, Executive Director for the Medical Accountability Network discusses the difference between psychiatry and standard medical model of physical medicine.
In this video she discusses what tests exist to identify and verify mental illness or psychological disorders.
She also discusses antidepressant drugs like like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor or Wellbutrin.
Although the psychiatric advertising jargon of the chemical imbalance in the brain theory is widely promoted, Dr. Dolan points out that there are no biological markers for mental disorders. There are no physical tests done to measure someone's brain chemistry.
Depression is widely associated with the neurotransmitter serotonin however, there is no standard by which one can measure an abnormal serotonin level.
Additionally, SSRI (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) as well as other psychiatric drugs show an affect in the brain during brain scans whereas psychiatric diagnosis don't. Therefore one could conclude that by taking psychotropic drugs, they are in fact creating an artificial chemical imbalance in the brain.
Visit the website for the Medical Accountability Network at
In the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting and learning that the shooter was on anti-depressants, I've done some research and brought you some info on the effect that depression medication and other psychiatric medications have on people. It is not a pretty sight. Oddly enough a lot of the videos listed in my youtube search on the topic have been pulled from the site. Obviously, someone doesn't want the truth to get out there. My guess is profits before people and public duty, as is too often the case in some of these situations. So, anyway, below is some of what I found. Please share with as many people as possible. You just may save a life.
Many of the nightmarish killings of recent memory, especially the bizarre family tragedies which seem to be occurring with increasing frequency, have been scientifically linked to a sleep disorder caused by commonly-used, but dangerous and addictive anti-depressant medications.
The South side of Columbine High School
LITTLETON, Colorado – An ominous grey cloud hung low overhead as the survivors and relatives of the victims of the worst school shooting in U.S. history gathered on a hill overlooking Columbine High School for the ground breaking of the long-awaited memorial on June 16.
The sky darkened and lightning struck nearby as former President Bill Clinton, sheltered by an umbrella, spoke to commemorate the 13 killed and two dozen injured during the April 20, 1999 shooting rampage of two homicidal students.
While Clinton and others spoke of the obvious pain and suffering inflicted by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, no one addressed the most important question: What actually caused the two high school students to turn into cold-blooded killers? Yet, without addressing the cause of the tragedy, how can we possibly expect to prevent similar tragedies in the future?
The Columbine shooting and many other nightmarish killings have now been scientifically linked by experts to a freakish sleep disorder caused by the growing use of anti-depressant medications that affect the level of serotonin in the brain.
The library of Columbine High School where some of the shootings took place
Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, executive director of the International Coalition for Drug Awareness and author of Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? - Our Serotonin Nightmare is an expert consultant in cases like Columbine in which anti-depressant medications are involved. Tracy says the Columbine killers' brains were awash in serotonin, the chemical which causes violence and aggression and triggers a sleep-walking disorder in which a person literally acts out their worst nightmare.
Shortly before the Columbine shooting, Eric Harris had been rejected by Marine Corps recruiters because he was under a doctor's care and had been prescribed an anti-depressant medication. Harris was taking Luvox, an anti-depressant commonly used to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Luvox is in a class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). Other SSRIs include Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft. An estimated 10 million Americans take anti-depressant medications.
Mark Taylor, the first student shot at Columbine, brought a lawsuit against Solvay, the international pharmaceutical company that produces Luvox. Taylor's 2001 lawsuit said Luvox had caused Harris to become manic, psychotic, and homicidal/suicidal and had brought about "emotional blunting,'' or a lack of inhibition. Tayor's lawsuit also faulted Solvay for failing to warn of the "risks and dangers'' associated with the drug.
In early 1998, according to Taylor's lawsuit, Harris had taken Zoloft for two months, but soon became "obsessional." Harris became obsessed with homicidal and suicidal thoughts "within weeks" after he began taking Zoloft, according to Dr. Tracy. Due to his obsession with killing, Harris was switched to Luvox, which was in his system at the time of the shooting, according to his autopsy. The change from Zoloft to Luvox is like switching from Pepsi to Coke, Dr. Tracy said.
Another view of the South side of Columbine High School
Taylor told American Free Press, how, two years after the Columbine shooting, as a 17-year old recovering victim, he had been taken alone, without counsel, into a room with lawyers representing Solvay and threatened with court costs and counter suits. The fear of financial ruin led Taylor and others to withdraw the lawsuit. The legal setback, however, has not stopped Taylor from working to increase public awareness about the dangers of SSRI medications.
"I didn't realize what an epidemic it was until I went with Dr. Tracy and heard all the testimony," Taylor said. Mark's mother, Donna, told AFP that she had seen "tarantulas on the ceiling" and "snakes coming out of my mouth," hallucinations she had suffered while taking Paxil. "Racing thoughts" had prevented her from sleeping and she had not recognized her closest family members when they entered her home.
A Mayo Clinic study, said to be the first systematic demonstration of the relationship between anti-depressants and a sleep disorder known as RBD was presented at a June 19 sleep disorder conference in Salt Lake City. The Mayo study demonstrated that a link exists between the use of anti-depressant medications in young people and the onset of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD).
RBD is the freakish sleep disorder, described by Dr. Tracy, in which patients act out their dreams, which are often unpleasant and violent.
The acting out of nightmares results from a loss of normal muscle paralysis in REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, the dream stage of sleep. The normal muscle paralysis prevents one from acting out a dream or nightmare. RBD patients, however, generally act out their dreams in a defensive posture, as if fending off an attacker, says R. Robert Auger, M.D., Mayo Clinic sleep medicine specialist, psychiatrist and primary investigator.
Dr. Tracy greeted the Mayo study saying this is exactly what she has been warning about for 14 years.
Asked about the significance of the Mayo Clinic study on the discussion of the dangers of SSRI anti-depressants, Tracy said: "It is extremely significant. This is the disorder I have been saying for 14 years is the main cause of such out-of-character violent behavior in association with the use of anti-depressants.
"If someone has the ability to move and act out the nightmares they are having, anything can happen and it is generally the worst thing a person could imagine happening to them. This is why the very best mothers are killing their children – it is their worst nightmare.
"What could be more terrible than to chemically induce first of all someone's most horrifying nightmare and then sleepwalk? In this way the individual acts out the one thing that is the most terrifying thing to them," Tracy wrote in 2003. "This is clearly why we have cases of such loving and caring mothers, like Andrea Yates, killing their children – that was her worst nightmare."
Anti-depressants are also thought to have played a role in the bizarre 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey, the 6-year-old who was found beaten and strangled in her Boulder, Colorado home. Patsy Ramsey, the recently deceased mother of JonBenet, is suspected of having "strangled her daughter in a panic on Christmas night," according a Steve Thomas, the former police detective who spent two years investigating the killing. The unanswered question, however, is whether Patsy Ramsey was taking anti-depressant medications at the time of the killing.
After the killing, it was reported that both John and Patsy Ramsey were taking Prozac. In an October 1998 deposition, Mr. Ramsey was asked if he was "under the influence of any medication or alcohol."
"No alcohol, certainly, but I've been under a doctor's care for almost two years now and take Prozac," Ramsey said.
Asked about the significance of the fact that the Columbine shooter Eric Harris was taking SSRI anti-depressants, Tracy said: "It is very significant. We know that Eric Harris had the same nightmare about killing kids at school at least three times before he acted it out at Columbine. He even made the statement that he was going to stop his medication to 'fuel his rage.'"
Tracy told AFP that anti-depressants are extremely addictive and that extreme care must be taken when a user begins to wean him or herself off of the medication. The dosage has to be reduced carefully and gradually and the weaning period should be about half the time the person has been on the medication. Any abrupt changes in dosage can cause suicidal and homicidal reactions, Tracy said.
"Two years ago," she said, "the FDA issued warnings that abruptly changing the dose of the anti-depressant, whether going up or down in dose, can produce hostility, psychosis and/or suicide.
"The manufacturers of Luvox, along with the makers of Zoloft and Paxil, should be held largely, not partly, responsible for the shooting rampage at Columbine," Tracy said. "Without these medications I do not believe Columbine would ever have happened."
Mark Taylor and Dr. Tracy worked with film-maker Michael Moore in a forthcoming documentary called The Drugging of our Children, which Tracy said should air on public television in the near future.
"In the documentary Michael [Moore] states that in the movie Bowling for Columbine they look at all the reasons people were saying Columbine happened and that none of those reasons made sense. The only thing that makes any sense is the killers' use of anti-depressants, Moore said.
"How else do you take a perfectly normal, high-achieving child and turn them into murderous monsters almost overnight?" Moore asks.
"After 16 years of researching and testifying about these anti-depressant medications," Tracy said, "it is my opinion that he could not have stated it better."
Though not on the exact topic, the following video addresses the pharmaceutical/mental health industries manufacturing of a disease in order to sell medication.
Watch how O'reilly makes a subtle change to his feigned position at the end of the video and pretends that these meds could be possibly be good.
Please do yourself and the world a favor. Share this information with everyone you know.
Hollywood and the Pentagon: A Dangerous Liaison CBC Newsworld 2003
Somewhere in Texas, one of the most famous episodes of the Iraq war; the heroic rescue of U.S. Private Jessica Lynch was turned into a scene for a made-for-TV movie. The movie was broadcast on TV, but not without sparking some controversy.
The official military version of the rescue had been contradicted by several investigative journalists. But when the film was produced, a U.S. Army official was on the set overseeing the operation. The U.S. Army also had direct control over the script, but at what expense to reality?
With the help of interviews with key military officials and filmmakers, Hollywood and the Pentagon: A Dangerous Liaison attempts to explain the behind-the-scenes relations between Hollywood and the Pentagon.
This is a great video. Watch it! Do not entertain the thought of "oh I've heard and seen it all, before!" Contained herein is nothing short of genius in investigative reporting! It will leave you in awe! It was made by one of the organizers of Ann Arbor 9/11 Truth and it was premired at the Truth Film Festival last weekend.
The first part covers the put options evidence in detail. The last part takes examples of self-incrimination such as Larry Silverstein's infamous "Pull It", Put Options, The Mossad Agent's Celebration and Arrest, Bush lying about how he learned of the attacks, and the reaction of "Bush's Handlers" on 9/11 and looks at the motives behind WHY these people would want to do what they did.
Stupidity can only account for so much and these people are NOT stupid. This video takes a very unique approach and as much research as I have done on 9/11, I feel that it has taught me something, that it has put some pieces together that I had not yet thought of.
Lyndon Larouche, the speaker in this videotaped question and answer session is really clued up! He makes some very knowledgeable assertions about the world economy and other historical factors involved in the shaping of current political and economic conditions. He also makes some grim predictions. I highly recommend watching it.
