NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed his administration to scrutinize the "threat" to children posed by antidepressants, stimulants and other common psychiatric drugs, targeting medication taken by millions in his latest challenge to long-standing medical practices, reported The Washington Post on Monday.
"The directive came in an executive order on Thursday that established a 'Make America Healthy Again' commission led by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy has criticized the use of those drugs and issued false claims about them," noted the report.
The order said the commission should prepare a "Make Our Children Healthy Again" assessment within 100 days that examines "the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs." The directive came as children and teens endure a mental health crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kennedy also has made childhood nutrition and healthful food a signature issue. He has been critical of the boom in weight loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound and Mounjaro.
