Slow Week, Meds And Kids Debated On CNN

It's been a bit slow the last couple of days, but it is nice not have any of the usual and newer outrages popping up. Of course, that means look for the FDA to approve Seroquel for depression any day now (OK, I'm kidding, half-kidding).

Things were slow over at CNN's "No Bias, No Bull" program, too, and so the show's host Campbell Brown had a debate on the question of "Are we overmedicating America's children?" Kelly O'Meara (author of "Psyched Out") and Charles Sophy of the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services batted about a few of the common themes--"It's not science!" versus "We're helping children with real disorders!"--to no real impact. But the fact that it was on CNN lends the debate a sheen of mainstream credibility.

Transcript here (scroll down about halfway to "The Great Debate").