re: They Say: Our Kids Are Developing a (Legal) Drug Habit

leahsmom — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:10:08 GMT

@thatgirl - I know what you're saying. Some illnesses might well be our responsibility - although I'm usually thinking of responsibility of a different type. Asthma increases? Often correlated with urban poor who don't have the political clout to move the medical-waste-processing plants and other polluters out of their neighborhoods. And it should be my responsibility as a member of the white privileged class to do something about that. Type 2 diabetes and some other illnesses also found much higher in populations without access to healthier food options and medical (read, here, prenatal) care. And it should be my responsibility as a member of the white privileged class to do something about that.

re: They Say: Our Kids Are Developing a (Legal) Drug Habit

that girl — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:57:37 GMT

This is just awful. I wish we would really let this be a wake up call to all of us! Our lifestyle, the everyday experience we're providing for our children in MAKING.THEM.SICK! Overweight, overstimulated, overdosed and chronically ill! I don't think it's the doctors' fault, it's OUR fault! The doctors are simply treating the symptoms..there should be no symptoms!