URGENT: Petition to stop the US military psych drug crisis

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The deadline to sign is October 5, 2008.http://www.mindfreedom.org/petition/military-mental-health/Petition: Stop the Psychiatric Drug Crisis in the US Military

Please help MindFreedom make this an issue in the USA presidential race by signing the petition below.

"It's

not easy for soldiers to admit the problems that they're having over

there for a variety of reasons. If they do admit it, then the only

solution given is pills."- Sergeant LeJeune, quoted in Time magazineOur soldiers deserve better than a bag of pills.The

suicide rate of those on active duty in the U.S. military is now at its

highest point since they started keeping track in 1980.Suicide

rates among veterans have also reached catastrophic levels, occurring

at more than twice the civilian rate overall, and as high as four times

the civilian rate among veterans aged 20 through 24, according to a

report by CBS News.So far, the military's response to this crisis has mainly been one dimensional: prescription psychiatric drugs.According to Time

magazine, "Nearly 40% of Army suicide victims in 2006 and 2007 took

psychotropic drugs — overwhelmingly, selective serotonin reuptake

inhibitors (SSRIs) like Prozac and Zoloft."Those who serve in

the U.S. military deserve a real voice in the care they receive, and

access to effective, non-drug alternatives.Please sign the

petition and join us in letting Barack Obama and McCain know that

this issue matters and that drugs are not enough.For more information and citations on this topic, please click here.

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