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No, I want to know what you mean by 'overmedication'.
For example something like this: . . . (made up crap - illustrative only) - "I am using overmedication' in the context of issues like the use of analgesics have risen 40 fold in less than 25 years - children are now routinely vaccinated against XXXXX even though the last incidence of XXXX was in 1894 - the addition of YYYY to the water supply was shown to have no medical benefits in extensive and definitive government funded trials as far back as 1972 yet we are still adding YYYY to the water supply and are even looking to increase the amount added". . . . etc
Rather than just reshaping the word: "I am using overmedication to mean excessive ('over') prescription of drugs ('medication')"
The first thing you should be wary of is 'begging the question' (placing the conclusion in the premise/question).
Can you give me any sense of the scale of this unnecessary overprescription of children with this class of drugs.