Yesterday, Vermont's Lt. Governor and Senate President said the state needs to begin investigating why antipsychotics are being used so much in that state's children.
"Shumlin [Senate President] said the state needs to get active in stopping the sole reliance on antipsychotic medications for treatment of children and teenagers, just as law enforcement has cracked down on the use of these drugs for recreational use."'It should shock us all that we as a state have allowed and accepted that we are using powerful psychotic drugs on our children at an alarming rate,' said Shumlin, a Democrat from Windham County."
In a six-month period last year, the state's insurance program spent over $10 million on antipsychotics for people aged under 18, and about 6,200 kids and teens under 18 are being prescribed at least one psych med.
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