Good article on Associated Content on Tom Cruise's fundraiser for the New York Detox program.

I was delighted to hear he raised something like 1.3 million for the program. That means a lot more fire fighters, police and first responders who need the program will be able to take part in it. The whole program is free of charge to these people, and it basically gives them back their lives.


A good, stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart is about the best therapy a child can have.~~~L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion

Pharmalot: The New Face Of Antidepressants?

Another disturbing point

Pharmalot: The New Face Of Antidepressants?: "April 18, 2007
The New Face Of Antidepressants?



For the past three years, the controversy over antidepressants has largely centered on exploring links between the pills and suicidal behavior, particularly in youngsters. But there has also been considerable chatter about homicidal thoughts.

Several killings around the country have prompted defense lawyers to blame an antidepressant for a killing. Most famously, this occurred in South Carolina, where 12-year-old Chris Pittman claimed Pfizer's Zoloft prompted him to kill his grandparents. And one of the Columbine killers was prescribed Luvox.

Drugmakers deny such links. And antidepressants remain popular, because psychiatrists say depression can lead to suicide, possibly masking the affects one of these pills may have. And despite FDA black box warnings, many simply feel a potential benefit outweighs a potential risk.

Now, though, the Virginia Tech shooter, Cho Seung-Hui, may cause drugmakers a new round of grief over the antidepressants as reports surface that he was being treated for depression and had been prescribed a medication for psychological problems."

Is Psychiatry Responsible?

I found the footage of Cho's video that he sent in after the first 2 murders on Monday, particularly disturbing.

We expect our experts to be expert; to be able to produce a product. In our technological age if the software doesn't work, you hear incredible rants about it.

So how come we are so willing to excuse the incompetence of the psychiatric profession?

Is life just getting worse and that's why we have more horrific violent crime? I don't think so.

Read on:

Thoughts on the Rise of Mental Illness in America: "In an article titled 'Anatomy of an Epidemic: Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America' by Robert Whittaker (Cambridge MA), published in 'Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry', Volume 7, Number 1, Spring 2005, Mr. Whittaker begins:

'Over the past 50 years, there has been an astonishing increase in severe mental illness in the United States. The percentage of Americans disabled by mental illness has increased fivefold since 1955, when Thorazine — remembered today as psychiatry's first 'wonder' drug — was introduced into the market. The number of Americans disabled by mental illness has nearly doubled since 1987, when Prozac — the first in a second generation of wonder drugs for mental illness — was introduced . There are now nearly 6 million Americans disabled by mental illness, and this number increases by more than 400 people each day. A review of the scientific literature reveals that it is our drug-based paradigm of care that is fueling this epidemic. (emphasis mine - ed.) The drugs increase the likelihood that a person will become chronically ill, and induce new and more severe psychiatric symptoms in a significant percentage of patients.'"

Cho Seung-Hui May Be 9th School Shooter Under Influence of Psychiatric Drugs

CCHR reveals: "Cho Seung-Hui May Be 9th School Shooter Under Influence of Psychiatric Drugs -- Documented to Cause Homicidal Ideation, Suicide, Psychosis, Mania and Hostility

In the wake of yesterday's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech by gunman Cho Seung-Hui, state legislators, civic and human rights activists are asking why Congress has failed to investigate the link between psychiatric drugs and school violence, given the high rate of psychiatric drug use by the shooters. According to breaking news from investigators at Virginia Tech, Cho may have taken depression drugs—documented by the Food and Drug Administration to cause suicidal behavior, mania, psychosis, hallucinations, hostility and “homicidal ideation.” (link) If Cho Seung-Hui’s psychiatric drug use is confirmed, it would bring the total to 61 killed and 77 wounded by psychiatric drug-induced school shootings."

If this is true, the FDA has added yet another crime against humanity to their long list.

Is it really worth the kickbacks. How can they look at themselves in the mirror; how can they get up in the morning knowing what they have done.

And what about the psychs who invent the "diseases" that the pharmaceutical companies can invent drugs to handle.

And when do we ALL say ENOUGH.

Peanut for your thoughts?

I would like some straight answers on Iraq. I want to see our troups come home. I want to avoid a complete debacle when we leave, but I have no faith that this won't happen no matter what we do. I am mortified over the daily list of the dead from suicide bombings. I feel personally very culpable for these deaths, as an American citizen and I don't understand how our elected officials can sleep at night.

But I don't get the point of this kind of news coverage:
The Swamp - Chicago Tribune - Blogs.

Bush's "open mouth insert foot" policy of press relations wears on me. But I fear that this kind of coverage distracts from the real issues.

Well Done to Marie Pace

Marie Pace has been acknowledged as on of 31 women who are changing the history of Lafayette, Louisianna.


And she certainly deserves the award!

Her work during the 2005 Hurricane season was what brought her to prominence, but in actual fact she's been hard at work helping her community for years as the director of the Lafayette mission.

The article in the Lafayett Advertiser says:

Marie Pace began her affiliation with Scientology in the 1980s, when she was introduced to Dianetics and the religion it is based on, founded in the 1960s by the late science fiction novelist L. Ron Hubbard.

Her involvement in the community includes: Opening Applied Scholastics Lafayette in 1991. The nonprofit agency is devoted to teaching parents, students and educators how to learn without the use of drugs, labeling and memorization. The foundation of her teaching is Study Technology, developed by Hubbard.

The experience led Pace to open the Scientology Mission of Lafayette four years later. The first mission of its kind in Acadiana, the local Scientology Mission on Huggins Road, offers various techniques developed by Hubbard and taught across the globe in various Scientology churches. >>

A good, stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart is about the best therapy a child can have.~~~L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion

Scientologists Active in Anti Drug Campaign

Scientologists are very active in an anti-drug campaign to get the truth about drugs out to kids around the world.

Here's a good story on what Scientologists in Taiwan are doing, and how effective they've been in getting the message out:

The Scientologists of Taiwan have a real sense of urgency when it comes to arming young people with factual information about drugs. They know that drugs affect people not only physically, they harm them spiritually as well.

In the late 1960's, with drugs spreading like an epidemic through college campuses in the West, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard did extensive research into what causes people to start using drugs in the first place, and developed a whole array of technology to help the individual reverse the effect these substances have on spiritual progress and enlightenment.

The "Say No to Drugs" team is dedicated to helping youth avoid getting into the "drug trap." And for those who have already started to experiment with drugs, the volunteers work to convince these young people to quit now, before their lives are ruined.

A good, stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart is about the best therapy a child can have.~~~L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion

Raising a Child Successfully

Some of the most useful and successful data I have ever seen on handling children is in the Scientology Handbook chapter called Children. I have used it on my own child and achieved great results with it. Information on this is at www.scientologyhandbook.org.

Worried about Harry

According to the news, the last Harry Potter book is on sale for pre-orders and will be available on July 21st.

"The most recent book, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, the sixth in the series, broke UK records by selling 2,009,574 copies on its first day of release. Booksellers are predicting that the Deathly Hallows might yet outstrip that figure.

"It is ten years since the first book, Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, was published. Since then the series has gone on to sell 325 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 64 languages."

Without ruining it for anyone who hasn't read number 6 yet, I am really concerned about what JK is going to do with this book.

This story from Playfuls.com tells why:

Rowling's stories have darkened considerably since the first release, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,” and the author has said two characters will be killed off in Book 7.

"I don't always enjoy killing my characters. I didn't enjoy killing the character who died at the end of Book 6," Rowling said during a reading last summer at Radio City Music Hall, declining to name that person in case someone had yet to finish the book.

"I really didn't enjoy doing that, but I had been planning that for years so it wasn't quite as poignant as you might imagine. I'd already done my grieving when I actually came to write it."

I hope she was wise enough to realize the effect she is going to create on an entire generation if she kills off one of the three kids. It would be awful!

Children

The Scientology Handbook has a chapter on raising children that has technology for this that works beautifully. The information is at www.scientologyhandbook.org