FDA may use healthy children as guinea pigs in experiments with mind-altering drugs

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In an effort to compare how a healthy brain handles medication commonly prescribed for children suffering from ADHD, the FDA is considering testing Dextroamphetamine on healthy children as young as nine years old. Parents are promised a whopping $570 for exposing their children to this medication, which may induce some to introduce their children to possibly harmful side-effects from Dextroamphetamine.

A similar experiment was performed 20 years ago by the National Institute of Health, but they did not have access to MRI technology to measure effects on the brain, which will be used in this new study if it is approved.

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