[Froufrou]

This all started when school districts discovered the feds would offer enhanced funding for ADHD kids. Bad government.

[CholeraJoe]

Academic doping is nothing new. We did it 30 years ago to deal with the rigors of 36 hours on call.

[JamesP81]

A 15-year-old girl and her parents recently came in for a chat with Dr. James Perrin, a Boston pediatrician, because they were concerned about the girl's grades. Previously an A student, she was slipping to B's, and the family was convinced attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was at fault — and that a prescription for Ritalin would boost her brainpower.

This was done to me, except the quack shrink I went to agreed and gave my mother the prescription. It may be the worst thing that ever happened to me. I cannot possibly emphasize enough how bad this stuff is for kids. Do not be deceived: Ritalin is an extremely powerful mind altering substance. You are NOT the same person when you're on it. This is a very powerful drug that should be prescribed only in extremely severe cases.

[beezdotcom]

As an adult, I would grasp at any chemical additive which could help me compensate for my many years of learned bad concentration habits.

As a parent, I would desperately seek to have my kids AVOID learning those same bad habits, so they wouldn't require a chemical crutch years later.

"Do as I say, not as I do?" Perhaps. It still a better option for the kids.

[EmilyGeiger]

Wanting ritalin for B's? Maybe she needs more sleep, maybe her diet needs changing, maybe she needs a tutor, but good grief she doesn't need DRUGS!!!

[longtermmemmory]

(s)
No Johnny, do you cocaine lines and go back to studying for your spelling test.
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[ohhhh]

We are now a nation of drug addicts who hate our own children and force them to do drugs also.