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CNN Get to the Point April 2, 2013 05:48:00

overmedicating our children. we have more information out there. what parents do with it, it's up to them. >> you just said you're adhd. >> no, i had the coping skills to be able to navigate around it. some kids don't. by the way, my parents would have made a decision. do i need medication or not. we just have more information now. >> but do you think medication is necessary? >> sometimes yes, sometimes no. >> but isn't it possible that we're seeing all of these kids and just medicating them. >> you keep saying they. my point is there are more options now and parents need to have the responsibility whether kids do or don't need medication. >> i think we're too quick to medicate. i agree with you that we have more information nowadays. so we're diagnosing. similar to the concussion issue in the nfl. they've always been there. but in the last 10-15 years. >> so are we overmedicating? >> my point is when we start making changes, are we

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