Education Week Embraces Scientology?

There's a rather startling ad in the September 19th issue of Education Week on page 19, basically a broadside against psychiatric drugs and the whole practice of psychiatry in general. I didn't think much of it until I was reading David Hoff's blog off of the Education Week website and saw an odd, odd banner ad linking psychiatry and drug addiction with a strong "Your Children Could Be Next!" vibe to it.

That seemed awfully out there for EdWeek, "American Education's Newspaper of Record," and the attack on psychiatry was also strikingly reminiscent of a recent moment from the pop culture zeitgeist:



So I went looking for information about the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, the group that sponsored the ads, and it looks like they're a branch of Scientology.

I've no beef with the Scientologists--they're welcome to their beliefs. What I do have to question is Education Week taking their money for print and on-line ads calling psychiatry "An industry of death" that wants to get kids hooked on drugs. Is this really the kind of content Education Week wants to stand behind?

UPDATE: I used to have a link to the banner ad in question, but it's since been moved. I'll have to see if I can find it again.

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