Millions of U.S. Kids and Toddlers Taking Psychiatric Drugs — Why Aren’t We Talking About This?
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights filed Freedom of Information Act requests across 32 states to obtain data on psychiatric drug prescribing to children enrolled in Medicaid.
What it contains should prompt a serious national conversation.
Medicaid is a federal and state program funded by American taxpayers, designed as a safety net for the country’s most economically vulnerable citizens.
In 32 states alone, that safety net spent $1.78 billion prescribing psychiatric “medications” to nearly 3 million children in a single year — 270,000 of those children were under the age of 5.
These are not benign interventions. They are drugs with serious, documented risks prescribed to developing brains during the most sensitive years of human life.
Stimulants carry the same Drug Enforcement Administration addiction classification as OxyContin and fentanyl.
Antidepressants carry a black box warning for suicidal behavior in children and adolescents and are associated with permanent neurological and sexual damage that may persist long after the drug is stopped.
“Anti-anxiety” drugs, including benzodiazepines, carry warnings for life-threatening dependence in adults taking them for more than two weeks.
We are giving them to toddlers.
Not one of these drug classes carries U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for children under 5. Every one of them is being prescribed to children under five, at scale, with taxpayer dollars.
Medical ethics and medical law both require informed consent, the protection of vulnerable populations and the subordination of financial incentive to patient welfare.
What this data describes is a systematic departure from all three.
The ethical failure is visible in every prescription written without a conversation about risk. The legal exposure is written into every Medicaid claim where informed consent was never adequately obtained.
This is what it looks like from inside one appointment.
A mother brings her 6-year-old to the pediatrician. He’s been disruptive at school. Can’t sit still. Talks back. Cries too easily. The appointment lasts eight minutes.
She leaves with a prescription…..
Maker of Ozempic, Wegovy Failed to Report Strokes, Suicidal Ideation and Deaths
The maker of several blockbuster weight-loss drugs failed to report serious side effects, including strokes, suicidal ideation and deaths, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The FDA this month issued a formal warning letter to Novo Nordisk, reprimanding the pharmaceutical giant for “serious violations” in failing to report serious side effects linked to Ozempic, Wegovy and Saxenda.
The March 5 letter followed FDA inspections, conducted in January and February, of Novo Nordisk’s U.S. operations in Plainsboro, New Jersey.
Investigators concluded the company failed to comply with federal regulations governing the reporting of post-marketing adverse drug experiences (PADE) — a critical safety system used to detect safety signals after the drugs are already on the market.
Under federal law, pharmaceutical companies must promptly report all serious reports of adverse events to the FDA within 15 days of receiving the report, so regulators can monitor emerging risks to consumers.
However, Novo Nordisk — in violation of the law — chose not to report serious adverse events, including strokes and patient deaths, after their staff or contractors decided the side effects weren’t related to the drugs.
Investigators found the drugmaker also failed to follow some of its own internal procedures, including making follow-up attempts to obtain safety information for serious cases involving reported deaths.
In post-inspection correspondence with the agency, the company said it was taking “corrective and preventative actions” to address the violations.
Still, the FDA slapped the company with the warning letter because it said Novo’s response did not provide sufficient details to demonstrate whether those actions would effectively resolve the issues.
The FDA letter outlines a series of flawed arguments Novo used to justify its failure to report different events.
The letter detailed the case of a patient who experienced a disabling stroke after taking liraglutide (Saxenda). The company didn’t report it because it said the consumer didn’t think the stroke was related to the drug.
In another case, a physician reported that a patient taking semaglutide committed suicide. Novo opted not to investigate the case.
The company reported a different case of suicidal ideation to the FDA only after agency inspectors stumbled on the record when they were investigating the unreported stroke death.
Independent studies have linked the drugs to suicidal ideation.
In another case, Novo said it didn’t investigate a patient death involving semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) because the company hadn’t received consent from the person who reported the death. According to the FDA, consent isn’t required for PADE investigation…..
Wild Pigs Turning ‘Neon Blue’ in California Triggered Warnings + More
Wild Pigs Turning ‘Neon Blue’ in California Triggered Warnings
Game hunters found startlingly ‘neon blue’ flesh inside wild pigs in California in 2025, prompting advisory statements about potential contamination.
“I’m not talking about a little blue,” Dan Burton, owner of a wildlife control company, told Salvador Hernandez at The Los Angeles Times.
“I’m talking about neon blue, blueberry blue.” An investigation by local authorities found that the dramatic color change was caused by rodenticide poisoning, prompting them to issue a warning throughout Monterey County.
Rat poisons containing the chemical compound diphacinone are often sold dyed blue for identification. The compound’s use has been highly restricted in California since 2024.
“Hunters should be aware that the meat of game animals, such as wild pig, deer, bear, and geese, might be contaminated if that game animal has been exposed to rodenticides,” said pesticide investigations coordinator Ryan Bourbour from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW).
“Rodenticide exposure can be a concern for non-target wildlife in areas where applications occur in close proximity to wildlife habitat.”
E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on a Cancer-Causing Gas
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed to weaken limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas, from manufacturing facilities that use it to sterilize medical devices. The move revived a long-running debate about the paradoxical effects of ethylene oxide on public health.
While it plays a crucial role in sterilizing lifesaving medical devices like pacemakers and syringes, long-term exposure can cause leukemia and other types of cancer among people who work in or live near medical sterilization facilities.
“The Trump E.P.A. is committed to ensuring lifesaving medical devices remain available for the critical care of America’s children, elderly and all patients without unnecessary exposure to communities,” Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said in a statement.
The agency’s proposed rule would loosen limits on ethylene oxide emissions from around 90 commercial sterilization facilities across the country.
Roughly 2.3 million people live within two miles of these facilities in what are often low-income neighborhoods or communities of color, according to an analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists, an environmental group….
Quds Day: Blast Rocks Tehran’s Death to Israel Rally
An anti-Israel rally, organised by the Iranian regime, was hit by an explosion in central Tehran. Thousands of regime loyalists were marching through the capital, shouting ‘Death to Israel,’ ‘Death to America,’ and ‘Death to Trump,’ as the blast went off in the city center.
“The explosion rocked the Ferdowsi Square area midday, where thousands had gathered for an annual Quds Day rally to support the Palestinians and call for Israel’s demise, in which they chanted ‘death to Israel’ and ‘death to America’,” The Associated Press reported Friday morning. “There were no immediate reports of casualties.”
The hate rally was attended by several top regime operatives, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
The notable exception was the regime’s new ‘Supreme Leader,’ Mojtaba Khamenei, who is reportedly wounded and in hiding since taking office five days ago.
The Iranian-sponsored annual al-Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, is marked by rioting and demonstrations on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Large anti-Israel rallies are held on this day in Berlin, London, Paris, and other European cities with large migrant Muslim populations.
Meanwhile, as the joint U.S.-Israeli operation Epic Fury entered its thirteenth day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued strikes on the regime’s leadership, military, and nuclear sites.
“The IDF has completed waves of strikes against Iranian terror regime infrastructure in Tehran, Shiraz, and Ahvaz,” the Israeli military said Friday.
CENTCOM & IDF devastate the IRGC; Hezbollah intensifies its fight vs Israel TV7 Israel News 13.Mar.
1) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserts that the United States and Israel are “crushing” the Ayatollah regime in Iran.
2) IDF Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir stresses that the weaker the Ayatollah regime becomes, its terror proxies in the region weaken, as well.
3) U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth proclaims the Ayatollah regime is losing the war.
Arizona Senate OKs requirement to inform feds about illegal immigrants’ release
The Arizona state Senate passed a bill this week that would require the state’s court system to notify federal authorities when a criminal illegal immigrant is released from prison.
Senators passed Senate Bill 1213 along party lines by a vote of 16 to 13, with state Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, absent from the vote.
SB 1213 would also prevent criminal illegal aliens from being allowed probation.
On top of this, the bill allows Arizona legal residents to take legal action against local governments that take any steps to limit the enforcement of federal immigration law.
A city may be fined between $500 and $5,000 daily until the policy is ended.
Sen. Janae Shamp, R-Surprise, told The Center Square that she does not think Arizona taxpayers “should be paying for illegal aliens to be on probation” in the state.
“If someone is in this country illegally and commits a crime, the system should not place them back on probation and move on,” Shamp said. “This bill ensures federal immigration authorities are immediately involved so dangerous offenders are not allowed to remain in our communities, especially pedophiles.”
She noted SB 1213 came about after an incident in November 2025, when Abel Gblah, a permanent resident from Liberia, allegedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl at a Phoenix elementary school.
According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Gblah, who came into America on a green card in 2011, was charged with sex assault, abduction, lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, and kidnapping a minor with intent to sexually assault.
During his time in America, Gblah, a registered sex offender, was arrested and convicted on two counts of sexual conduct with a minor in 2021, the DHSstated.
The next year, Gblah was arrested and convicted of smuggling illegal immigrants into America, the DHS noted.
12 News reported that Gblah had been on life-time parole since 2022 and had violated parole numerous times.
Shamp said if Arizona had notified federal authorities “appropriately,” this “little girl would not have had her life changed forever.”…
‘New York has fallen’: Mamdani hosts Ramadan iftar — at City Hall
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is facing scrutiny online after hosting a Ramadan iftar at City Hall. Critics worry this event is a sign of a shift in American culture.
A video of the gathering quickly went viral after it was shared by a purported attendee, who tagged City Hall in the post and called the event an iftar, the evening meal during Ramadan when Muslims break their fast.
The video shows Muslim attendees performing prayers, chanting “Allahu Akbar,” and sharing a meal while seated on prayer rugs beneath the U.S. and city flags.
The timing intensified the criticism.
Just last weekend, 18-year-old Emir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi allegedly attempted to detonate explosives as part of a suspected ISIS-inspired terrorist attack outside the mayor’s residence.
Jeremy Carl, a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of the interior, said of the Mamdani iftar video, “The Great Replacement is happening in front of your eyes.”
Author and news commentator Oli London posted, “New York has fallen.”
Political commentator Jason Jones added, “I can’t believe this is happening in the same city as 9/11. They didn’t even have to fire a single shot.”
“New York Will Lose $1 Trillion” – Mamdani’s MASSIVE Death Tax Bombshell Targets NYC’s Wealthy
The panel reacts to a controversial NYC mayor clip, debating alleged extremist symbolism, rising tensions in major cities, and the economic fallout of aggressive tax proposals.
They also warn that New York’s wealthiest residents may relocate as estate taxes and policies threaten a massive capital flight.
Sick confession of pedo with 300-year sentence revealed as he’s freed under Gavin Newsom law
A pedophile who was hit with a more than 300-year sentence for sexually abusing children as young as 5 years old admitted his sick desires are “always going to be there” — but was granted early release anyway under a controversial law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Gregory Lee Vogelsang, 57, was convicted of kidnapping and molesting multiple children between the ages of 5 and 11 in the ’90s in the Sacramento area. He was sentenced to 355 years to life in prison.
But in the November hearing, a three-person board granted the pedophile parole, despite his heinous crimes.
In a transcript of the hearing, released by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, Vogelsang spoke about his obsession with young boys.
“I got to know what the internal triggers and external triggers and what the risky situations and the warning signs are for pedophilia,” Vogelsang said, according to the transcript reported by Capital Public Radio.
“And, like I said before, when I don’t view a child as a sex object, I don’t want to become aroused, but I know it’s always going to be there.”
He also blamed the abuse he faced as a child for his obsession.
“I think when I was a child, I had normalized child molestation due to my father abusing me from 7 to 11,” Vogelsang said.
“It wasn’t until I had dealt with my own childhood abuse of the pain, the harm, the guilt and the shame that I felt as a child, that today I can sit there and say that I honestly understand the psychological and the emotional damage that I was doing.”
A law signed by Newsom in 2020 cleared the way for Vogelsang’s release, because it allows inmates 50 and older who have served 20 or more years to receive parole consideration.
Other pedophiles, like David Allen Funston, have also received consideration because of the “elderly” parole law….
Florida Teens Seen Laughing In Police Car After Arrest For Attempted Murder
Two Florida high school students accused of plotting to kill a classmate in what prosecutors describe as a “blood ritual” will remain in jail without bond after a judge reviewed patrol car footage showing them laughing about the alleged plan following their arrest.
Isabelle Valdez, 15, and Lois Lippert, 14, both students at Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, were arrested in late January after authorities investigated an anonymous tip submitted to the app FortifyFl.
Both teens have been charged as adults with attempted premeditated murder, attempted felony murder, and other counts.
The tipster reported on January 22 that Valdez had discussed plans to kill “somebody we know from school” the following day, according to police reports.
A search of Valdez’s backpack on January 23 uncovered a knife, which she allegedly admitted planning to use to cut the victim’s throat or stab him in the stomach while in a school bathroom.
Prosecutors stated in court filings that the victim reportedly reminded Valdez of Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter.
“She believed if she killed the victim, she would have a blood bond with Adam Lanza, which would resurrect him from the dead,” prosecutors wrote. Prosecutors told the court the girls planned to slit the victim’s throat and drink his blood.
Lippert allegedly supplied gloves, chocolate, flowers, and cigarettes and helped sharpen the knife in a school bathroom in support of the murder plot. She also drew “graphic and disturbing” sketches of the victim for Valdez, according to prosecutors.
During Wednesday’s bond hearing, prosecutors presented patrol vehicle footage from January 23 that captured the teens’ conversation following their arrest.
In the video released by the Office of State Attorney for the 18th Circuit, both teens can be heard complaining about the “snitch” who submitted the anonymous tip, discussing sharpening the knife, and mentioning school shooters. The two laugh throughout the ride….
‘Heinous’ thug accused of shoving 83-year-old military vet onto NYC subway tracks was deported 4 times, charged 15 times: DHS
The “heinous” male accused of shoving an 83-year-old military veteran off a New York City subway station platform and onto the train tracks last weekend was deported four times and has 15 prior charges on his record, the Department of Homeland Security said.
DHS on Thursday added that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has asked New York authorities not to release illegal alien suspect Bairon Posada-Hernandez, whom Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis called a “heinous” and “serial criminal” who “should never have been able to walk our streets and harm innocent Americans.”
Posada-Hernandez was arrested for attempted murder Tuesday in connection with Sunday’s incident, during which he also allegedly pushed a 30-year-old man onto the subway train tracks, the agency said.
DHS said ICE on Tuesday placed a detainer on Posada-Hernandez, a Honduran national.
Bis added that “DHS is calling upon New York sanctuary politicians to commit to this ICE detainer.”
More from DHS:
Posada-Hernandez first entered the country on January 2, 2008, and has been deported four different times, most recently in 2020. He entered illegally a fifth time at an unknown date and location.
The suspect has a lengthy criminal history, including 15 prior charges such as simple assault, domestic violence, obstruction of police, possession of a weapon, drug possession, and aggravated assault.
One of the victims of the subway shove, a 30-year-old man, reportedly is in stable condition, while the other, an 83-year-old Air Force veteran, remains in critical condition, the agency said….
Sanctuary New Jersey: Previously Deported Illegal Alien Accused of Sexually Assaulting Child
“This pedophile should never have been in our country and able to prey on children in the first place,” the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Lauren Bis said.
Gerardo Garcia Gonzalez, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested this week in Ocean County, New Jersey, on charges of sexual assault of a victim between 13 and 15 years old, criminal sexual contact, and sexual assault by force or coercion.
Gonzalez first crossed the United States-Mexico border in 2001 and was returned to his native Mexico. Sometime after, at an unknown date and location, Gonzalez crossed the border again, a felony under federal law.
“We are calling on New Jersey sanctuary politicians to not release this predator charged with sexually assaulting a child from jail into New Jersey neighborhoods,” Bis said. “This is the exact reason we need sanctuary jurisdictions to work with us. No one should want this sicko to be on our streets.”
In February, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) signed an executive order to ban ICE agents from using state property for their enforcement efforts.
Likewise, the order allows illegal aliens to report the date and locations of ICE arrests to the attorney general’s office, which can then be accessed through a publicly available portal.
Report: Democrats Plot Investigations into Companies, Colleges that Worked with Trump
Axios reported that Democrats are in the early stages of planning to use their subpoena power if they take power after the 2026 midterm elections.
Sens. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), all of whom serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, have been involved in the preliminary discussions, according to Axios.
Schiff led the first impeachment effort against President Donald Trump as Democrats falsely alleged that the president colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election cycle.
The outlet claimed that both Republican and Democrat lawmakers believe that the House is likely to come under control of the Democrat Party after the midterms. The House has broader subpoena authority than the Senate.
While Democrats expect the Trump administration to fight back against investigations, companies, colleges, and other private citizens do not have the same institutional power to fight back against the Democrats’ potential investigations.
Democrats would likely investigate why major institutions chose to work with the Trump administration. Axios said they would likely choose to investigate donations for the East Wing renovation as well as funding agreements involving institutions of higher education.
A spokesperson for Schiff noted that the senator has already filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding 12 issues, including reported sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records, Trump accepting a Qatari plane as a gift, and more.
Senate Democrats questioned a fundraiser and lobbyists who were reportedly soliciting donations from major corporations and billionaires for the president’s proposed ballroom.
Old Dominion University ROTC cadets disarm ISIS supporter shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ during shooting: officials
The suspect responsible for killing one person and injuring two others at Old Dominion University (ODU) was disarmed by a group of students, with officials commending their bravery as the shooting unfolded.
36-year-old Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former Army National Guard soldier convicted of supporting ISIS, reportedly shouted, “Allahu Akbar” as he opened fire inside the Virginia university on Thursday.
FBI officials said the shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism, with Director Kash Patel revealing Jalloh was disarmed by a group of students at the university.
“The shooter is now deceased thanks to a group of brave students who stepped in and subdued him – actions that undoubtedly saved lives along with the quick response of law enforcement,” Patel said in a social media post.
Jallah was pronounced dead at the scene, ODU Police Chief Garrett Shelton told reporters during a news conference.
While Jallah was not shot, the FBI has not yet elaborated on how he died.
“The brave ROTC members in that room subdued him,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Dominique Evans told reporters. “And if not for them, I’m not sure you know what else he may have done. But that’s exactly what they did. They confronted him, and they subdued him, and he was no longer able to conduct any further attack.”
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger identified the victim as Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, describing him as a “devoted ROTC instructor.” ….
12-year-old dies days after violent school bus fight caught on video in Atlanta suburb
A 12-year-old girl tragically died Sunday following a vicious fight that erupted when a group of students got off a school bus in an Atlanta suburb.
Footage shared by the family, which has since gone viral on social media, captured the violent incident unfolding Thursday in Villa Rica.
The victim involved was identified by her family as Jada West, who reportedly had been bullied since transferring to the school.
In the video, a group of young teens appeared to be in a verbal dispute before a physical altercation quickly escalated between two girls. During the fight, one girl was seen being slammed to the ground, with a loud bang heard in the footage.
Many children were also heard screaming as the incident unfolded, with some urging them to fight while others told them to stop.
While West appeared to walk away after the fight, she reportedly collapsed and was rushed to the hospital, according to the family. West then suffered seizures and cardiac arrest in the days leading up to her death, WSB-TV said
Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that the fight involved two middle school students who attended Mason Creek Middle School and said they are reviewing the footage that captured the incident.
They added that no charges have been filed in connection with the fight and that local authorities are working alongside the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office…..
