January 29th, 2008 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
The Hawaii Board of Education voted unanimously this week to reject Gov. Linda Lingle’s plan to require school teachers to submit to random drug tests, leading Lingle to threaten to repeal pay raises for teachers unless the board reconsiders, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported Jan. 26.
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October 11th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
Massachusetts health officials have established a tracking system to monitor prescription of psychiatric drugs to children after the overdose death of a four-year-old girl, the Boston Globe reported Oct. 7.
In the first three months of the program, 35 cases of suspected overprescription of drugs have been uncovered. The state Medicaid program is analyzing records of prescriptions to 82,900 children under age 5; flagged cases include those where kids are receiving three or more psychiatric drugs or one powerful antipsychotic.
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