Similarly, in 1995 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) accepted $50,000 from the Sugar Association and $70,000 from the Meat Board to fund a nutrition video for children.54 The AAP's position paper on ADHD thoroughly endorses medication and drug treatment, and contains not a single word about diet or nutrition.55

What would happen if instead of cozying up to the junk food industry, our medical authorities stood up and demanded that our children be fed a healthy, natural, and uncontaminated diet? Our children might have a better chance to grow up calm and clear. We might see fewer of them becoming trapped in substance abuse, and more of them becoming balanced and capable human beings.

What would happen if organized medicine became an advocate for the creation of healthy learning environments for our children? Our schools might begin to become places of learning that nurture the wholeness and well-being of young people.

What would happen if instead of resisting and ignoring the use of proven alternatives, the medical establishment offered its support? Perhaps fewer of our children who are having difficulties would be pathologized and drugged, and more would grow into competent people with joy to share and a contribution to make.

What would happen if the American Psychiatric Association, the National Institutes of Health, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other representatives of organized medicine threw their considerable weight behind safer, more effective ways of responding to children's problems?

- Our youngsters would be healthier and happier. Their lives would be blessed with greater opportunity for fulfillment and meaning. They would become increasingly centered and self-reliant, and better able

The future would look a lot brighter for all of us.