White prescriptions
Subtitle: black males and the dangerous social potential of Ritalin and other psychotropic drugs
By: By Terence D. Fitzgerald.
Publisher: Paradigm; Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781594516894
Subjects: African American high school students -- Social conditions; African American high school students -- Medicine; African American high school students -- Drug use; Problem youth -- United States -- Education; Problem youth -- United States -- Behavior modification; Methylphenidate -- Side effects; Psychotropic drugs -- Side effects; Social control -- United States; Behavior disorders in adolescence -- United States; Racism in education -- United States; Racism in medicine -- United States; Medical misconceptions -- United States; Medical ethics -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History and context; title: The fueling of hate and control; title: The yellow brick pathway to control; title: Getting by with a little help from the feds; title: Operation control: champaign, illinois; title: Conclusion.