Global/International | Indymedia Australia

Dexamphetamine and ADHD cons - Mental health policies must move from medication to recovery

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Wed, 20/06/2012 - 11:15am

Gerry Georgatos
"In Western Australia, 1989, 880 people were prescribed stimulant medication (for ADHD). By the year 2000 this had increased to 20,648, with the WA Health Department estimating 18,000 prescriptions having been issued to children. By 2002 WA prescription rates were amongst the highest in the world, exceeding the US national average,” said Martin Whitely.

Promotion:

Feature

What's behind ITU's closed doors?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 20/06/2012 - 9:19am

Geography:

Global/International

Belo Monte: Your profits are ruining our lives

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 20/06/2012 - 9:05am

Geography:

Global/International

Julian Assange: the price of being a Western dissident

Submitted by Wei Ling Chua on Tue, 19/06/2012 - 9:13pm

Julian Assange is doing humanity a favour by exposing through the US Embassy Cables that “Oil motivates U.S.

Geography:

Keywords:

Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam, an alliance of views calling out to the Australian consciousness

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 19/06/2012 - 11:07am

On Jun 06, 2012 former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser delivered the 2012 Whitlam Oration to the Whitlam Institute in Sydney. Despite the chasm of differences and political ambitions of Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam they are both a far cry from the bottom of the barrel politics and personal ambitions of some our nation's contemporary crop of most prominent politicians.

Geography:

Promotion:

Keywords:

Malcolm Fraser writes Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison have nothing to be proud about in their race to the bottom of the barrel

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 19/06/2012 - 10:20am

From occasional commentator and former PM, Malcom Fraser, via http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/abbotts-evil-policy-work-20120617...

The Coalition's latest asylum seeker plan is inhumane and lacks integrity.

TONY Abbott and Scott Morrison recently stood in front of Australia and proudly presented the Coalition's plan to ''ensure integrity and restore confidence in refugee assessment''. There is not much to be proud about in this policy. The announcement was based on misinformed and misleading information that plays straight into the unfounded public fear of asylum seekers.

fbi operative admits to cyberstalking and more

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 19/06/2012 - 5:37am

fbi assassins (i.e. J. Robert Upton) show their evil intent
by geral | 06.18.2012
Journey if you will into the sick criminal minds of fbi/cia homicidal sociopaths & operatives by reading their comments and threats to this Target.For example see comments by assassin J. Robert Upton (the living dead) at the following links:

http://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2012/03/must-prosecute-fbicia-a...

http://www.phillyimc.org/en/evidence-fundamental-corruption-usa

http://phillyimc.org/en/fbi-shill-j-robert-upton-continues-uninterrupted...

Geography:

Global/International

Keywords:

FBI

Ban anabolic steroid users from athletics

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 19/06/2012 - 2:49am

"One pill makes you larger, one pill makes you small. The one that your mother gives you don't do anything at all!"

Geography:

Keywords:

The Avengers: A love letter to the War on Terror

Submitted by Sasha Brown on Mon, 18/06/2012 - 8:43pm

When you go to see a Hollywood superhero movie you should expect a little glib American patriotism, however Joss Whedon’s The Avengers is much more than this. It endorses the worst aspects of the “War on Terror” including the idea high tech surveillance and torture keep us safe, that unilateral U.S. military power will save the world and that Americans needs to unite around patriotism to defeat its enemies. Ominously The Avengers can be seen as ideologically not just glorifying existing U.S. wars but helping to prepare the country for the next World War.

Geography:

Keywords:

Sprinter Peter Norman a forgotten hero, maligned by media and the pompous Australian establishment

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 17/06/2012 - 11:18pm

A FORGOTTEN HERO

By Uli Schmetzer
www.uli-schmetzer.com

When two Americans raised their fists in the Black Power salute in 1968 no one paid much attention to the third man. After all he had not raised his own fist though pinned to his chest was a button demanding equal rights for all mankind no matter what their color or creed.
The button-badge would become the cross Peter Norman carried for the rest of his life.

Geography:

Global/International

Keywords:

International news and opinion