Released on = June 8, 2006, 10:20 am

Press Release Author = Citizens Commsission on Human Rights

Industry = Pharmaceuticals

Press Release Summary = There have been 25 reports in the U.S. of children and
adults who died suddenly between 1999 and 2003 after taking one of the drugs.

Press Release Body = Research, conducted by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights
a psychiatric watchdog group established by the Church of Scientology, showed that
in only the past two years 18 government warnings by five different countries
including Switzerland, England, Canada, the US and Europe have been issued on the
previously undisclosed dangers of psychiatric drugs citing side effects of drug
dependence, addiction, mania, hostility, aggression, psychosis, suicide and
violence.

The latest issue against psychiatry's drugs came from Health Canada, recently, which
warned of heart risks for all drugs used for the made-up "disease" known as
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The warnings include a risk of sudden
death. The mind altering drugs are the most widely prescribed drugs to Canadian
children and, according to a public advisory, can increase heart rate and blood
pressure.

Brian Beaumont, President of the Vancouver chapter of the Citizens Commission on
Human Rights stated, \"The fact is, there is nothing in any medical or scientific
literature that confirms the existence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD). It was invented by a handful of psychiatrists by a show of hands at an
American Psychiatric Association meeting in the 80's. Thus, psychiatrists are
labeling and drugging a non-existent malady which is an indictable offence, fraud
and child abuse."

The health agency has made the safety labels and prescribing information stronger on
the psychiatric drugs: Adderall XR, Concerta, Dexedrine, Ritalin and Ritalin SR and
Strattera, as well as Attenade and Biphentin, two drugs that are not yet available
in Canada.

More than 1.9 million prescriptions for the stimulants were filled by Canadian
retail drugstores in the 12 months ending April 30, 2006, according to health
research firm IMS Health. An estimated three million U.S. children and 1.5 million
adults are on psycho-stimulants.

One prevailing psychiatric theory (key to psychotropic drug and amphetamine type
drug sales) is that mental disorders result from a chemical imbalance in the brain.
As with this and psychiatry's other theories, there is no biological or other
evidence to prove them. Representative of a large group of medical and biochemistry
experts, Elliot Valenstein, Ph.D., author of Blaming the Brain says: "There are no
tests available for assessing the chemical status of a living person\'s brain.\"

There have been 25 reports in the U.S. of children and adults who died suddenly
between 1999 and 2003 after taking one of the drugs, including a 13-year-old boy who
died within one hour of receiving his first dose. An autopsy revealed he had a heart
disorder.

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights was established in 1969 by the Church of
Scientology to investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights. For
more information and a complete list of recent government inquiries go to www.
cchr.org.


Web Site = http://www.cchr.org

Contact Details = Citizens Commission on Human Rights
401 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B1L5: humanrights@lightspeed.ca
604-689-4417