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

In 2018, a federal judge found that forcibly medicating children without the permission of their parents violated child welfare laws.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024

This stands in stark contrast with medicating symptoms of mood disorders or using behavioral tools to change thinking and behaviors.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2022

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

Medicā′tion, the act or process of medicating or of mixing with medicinal substances: the use of medicine.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various