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by dragonwriter 1738 days ago
Wait, where on Earth are teachers free to dose students with “behavioral” drugs?
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Officially, they can't prescribe medication, but they can recommend to the parents that a child see a doctor. If the kid is actually a problem child, the outcome for this will often will be drugs.
And the recommendation from the teacher comes with a friendly recommendation to a psychologist that works with other kids in the class. The teacher and the doc probably have wine together once a week.
In the land of sensationalist news stories?