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[Ritalin and cocaine both work to increase dopamine levels in the brain, although ritalin works much more slowly. That's why, in regular pill form, it tends not to be nearly as addicting (though there are exceptions, and when crushed/sniffed it poses more of an addiction problem).]

Over 80% of children on ritalin move on to other drugs when they come of age. Ritalin is like soma in the 1984 book where people become addicted and therefore more controllable. And the government knows it .

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Over 80% of children on ritalin move on to other drugs when they come of age.

I've already said that I don't agree with pumping kids full of Ritalin, because of a variety of unpleasant side effects. Nonetheless, I'm having trouble finding data to back up this specific quote. Can you help?