Not my kids.
Over my dead body.
If some of these parents tried discipline instead of letting their children run amok, they wouldn't need to resort to medication.
bttt
We are spending billions on the War on Drugs for what reason again? Seems like an uphill battle to keep drugs away from kids on the streets when the family dr is writing 'scripts fast enough to melt his pen. Oh wait, I get it, these are harmless because they have the approval of the FDA. Silly me...
Modern psychiatry = pharmacology.
Children with ADHD who are not given stimulant drugs are more likely to develop problems with drug abuse and dependency than those who are, perhaps because they have to turn to illegal stimulants on which they can become hooked to get relief from their symptoms. So improving diagnosis and treatment among people with poor access to mental health services is important, Volkow argues.
Where's the research for this conclusion? The logic is frightening: put as many kids as possible on amphetamines, so they won't get hooked on coke. Well, worth it, according to Volkow, even if there are a few deaths from heart attacks along the way -- it's all for the common good, ya know, in a "quick-fix" society where it's too much work to try and modify behavior without drugs.
http://www.garynull.com/Documents/ADHD/DruggingOurChildren2.htm
VERY long but worthwhile read!
One of the biggest regrets I have as parent was listening to doctors tell me that all my daughter needed was drugs to make her behave in school... these were some of the worst years of our lives... I'm dreadfully sorry to my daughter and very grateful that I woke up finally and saw that the drugs (and public school) were doing her more harm than good.
All We are is Rat's in a Cage!