Study: Drugging Obnoxious Kids Is Child Abuse 5.32K Jeff Neumann 07/22/10 05:51AM Filed to: Kids Kids Drugs Science Studies Child Abuse Park Slope A study released today in the Journal of Pediatrics says that giving children drugs to shut up is child abuse, and motives include "overwhelmed parents looking for a break, amusement or punishment." Amusement? Ha! Look, my kid's on Oxys! [CNN]