Jonas has to start taking pills because he is experiencing "stirrings." What this means is that he is becoming sexually mature and starting to have sexual thoughts and desires. No one in the community is allowed to have these because it would disrupt the Sameness that is imposed on all members of the community.
Children who are released (anyone who is released, actually) are killed. Release is just a euphemism for killing. We see a video of Jonas's dad killing an infant with a lethal injection and dumping it down a garbage chute. This is what really makes Jonas decide to leave the community.
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