The 90s: A Time of Change

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Society is bleak and people would rather be dead than conform to it.
There was a growing concern among many adults back then that the cultural forces influencing young people were leading them to be depressed, anxious, and antisocial.
In response to this, they saw a subset of the country saying that what these young people needed was medical intervention, in the form of drugs like Ritalin and Prozac.
Today, more than three and a half million patients worldwide are treated with these drugs.
This has sparked a national debate about whether to trust big pharmaceutical companies and the doctors who are telling parents that their kids need these drugs.

As "Harry Potter" becomes an international phenomenon, it coincides with the culture wars of the 1990s. In the backlash from Christians across America, author J.K. Rowling is accused of mainstreaming witchcraft and poisoning children’s minds.

Produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, and Megan Phelps-Roper, with special thanks to Candace Mittel Kahn and Emily Yoffe.

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