Essay Archive - The Dark side of a Wonder Drug-A Selected Collection of Testimony on the Safety of Ritalin
The Dark side of a Wonder Drug-A Selected Collection of Testimony on the Safety
of Ritalin
"We give our children every day, yet we punish adults for taking speed,"
stated a concerned parent(Ritalin Zone). A trip to the principal's office used
to mean big trouble. These days, more kids are showing up in the school office
just to get their midday dose of Ritalin. Ritalin, the drug used to treat
hyperactivity in children, is being seized on by a generation worried about
controlling inappropriate behavior. But some doctors think Ritalin is being
prescribed to children wh....
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