This is an extremely sad story that only gets worse as more details emerge.  A four year old girl has died of a drug overdose.  The drugs were given to her by her own parents on the advice of a family doctor.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/...

The autopsy revealed that Rebecca Riley died of a lethal combination of drugs. The Rileys are accused of giving her too much Clonidine, a drug used to treat hyperactivity. When she was just 2 1/2 years old, a Boston psychiatrist diagnosed her with bi-polar disorder.

For anyone familar with BPD the first question would probably be, "how the hell do you recognize bi-polar disorder in a 2 year old?"  In this case the diagnosis was made largely on genetic predisposition.  Why was a diagnosis like this necessary?  Well there's the possiblity it was all for medical insurance...

Last week probably like many of you, I went to see the movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."  I thought it was pretty funny at times and at more times just a bit over the top.  Overall I had come away with a pretty good impression until I read this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...

The village used to portray Borat's home in Kazakhstan is a real place but it is in Romania.  The horrible poverty and squalor that you see is no movie set.