by CCHR CO | Feb 21, 2012 | News for Colorado
In an explosive report just aired on CBS’s 60 Minutes, an expert who has studied the effects of placebos (dummy pills) for 36 years stated that antidepressants are no more effective than sugar pills for the vast majority of depressed individuals. Irving Kirsch,...
by CCHR CO | Oct 12, 2011 | General News
It Doesn’t Take A Brain Surgeon To Figure Out Why. An article in yesterday’s Denver Post fails to disclose the substantial financial ties between a group that pushes for the acceptance of so-called “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder” (ADHD) and the...
by CCHR CO | Sep 3, 2011 | News for Colorado, Schools
As a new school year starts, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights reminds the parents of Colorado’s 843,000 schoolchildren that teachers and other school personnel are prohibited by state law from recommending “ADHD” or other psychiatric drugs to control children’s...
by CCHR CO | Aug 26, 2011 | Killers On Psych Drugs, News for Colorado
A murder suspect who admitted slashing and shooting two people to death in Douglas County was taking psychiatric drugs at the time of the murders, according to a report in the Denver Post. Josiah Sher, 27, had served tours of duty in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq...
by CCHR CO | Aug 15, 2011 | News for Colorado
Colorado Ombudsman Warns Medicare/Medicaid Cuts Threaten Quality of Care Cuts in federal and state payments for Medicare and Medicaid patients provide yet another reason for monitoring the drugs given to a loved one in a nursing home or convalescent facility. Medicare...
