medicating

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There was a stigma associated with ADHD—such as that students who had it weren’t very bright—and they didn’t like the idea of medicating their children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

California officials in mid-February detailed their strategy for the next chapter of the pandemic, laying out a seven-part plan dubbed SMARTER, for shots, masks, awareness, readiness, testing, education and “Rx,” or medicating with anti-COVID drugs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2022

When the principal threatens to get Child Services involved with Robin’s case, Theo is willing to try anything to keep from medicating his son into an appropriate state of docility.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021

Dog owners need to make sure that they are not simply medicating against normal dog behaviors such as frequent barking.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2021

There is, indeed, a considerable number of ways in which we might effect a double reform—promoting the advantage of Man, as well as medicating the mental fatigue of Dog.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)