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RFK Jr. Is Already Taking Aim at Antidepressants
motherjones.com/politics/2025/

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr has been planted by Trump in the role of Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

He wants to slash scientifically-established medication, hospital treatment, financial benefits, and government programs for people with these conditions:
- Chronic illness.
- Autism.
- ADHD, and medication including Adderall and Ritalin.
- Asthma.
- Obesity.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Psoriasis.
- Mental illness such as depression and anxiety, and SSRI medication including Prozac and Zoloft.

RFK Jr says wants people who live with chronic illness such as those listed above — who often require daily preventative medication, a professional carer/assistant, or an assistive device for their daily functioning and to maintain their quality of life and sense of dignity and autonomy — to be stripped of their treatment and put into in "Wellness Farms" for "three or four years if they need it".

This is the sort of inhumane mistreatment of people requiring medical care that happened in the USSR and still goes on today in North Korea. It should not happen in the USA.

This move by RFK Jr is going to destroy childhoods, ruin families, cause people financial ruin, and for some people it will cost them their life.

Mother JonesRFK Jr. is already taking aim at antidepressantsThe new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.
#USPol#RFKJr#Trump

Reminder that people who are successfully managing a #MentalIllness have to learn and get good at a lot of facts and techniques for staying calm and grounded in reality, meaning we are often going to be some of the most knowledgeable and experienced people you know when it comes to dealing with day-to-day #MentalHealth, simply because we can't afford to not deal with it.

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I hadn’t heard this despicable statement by #RFKJr before today:

Sen #TinaSmith, D-MN, spoke about her own battle with illness in questioning Kennedy on his views about #antidepressants. She pointed to misinformation he has spread & said his statements added to the #stigma around #MentalIllness. Kennedy said in the past, without evidence, that the majority of school shooters take antidepressants, suggesting that the medications are a cause of #SchoolShootings.