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[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This headline and article are focused on antidepressants, but the line which mentions them in the executive order which this reporting is based on is actually broader.

It also seems to attribute the authorship of the executive order to Kennedy, linking to it while saying that he "issued a statement", despite it not actually mentioning his name and it being phrased in the first person from the president (beginning with "By the authority vested in me as President" as is usual for an executive order).

The article says (emphasis mine):

The government, he said, would “assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, [and] mood stabilizers.”

While the executive order says:

(iii) assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs;