Government-Approved Drug Addicts

	posted by Adam on Thursday March 08, @11:38AM from the Boys/Young-Men dept.
	In this article Tom DeWeese links the recent school shootings with "Government-Approved Drug Addicts" - also known as kids who've been put on Ritalin and Prozac against their will. As Tom truthfully writes, "Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AHDH) are complete frauds. There is no scientific evidence whatever to prove either exists." Please drop him an E-mail of thanks and ask him to write more articles like this.

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That's pushing it a bit. (Score:1) by Scott (scott@mensactivism.org) on Thursday March 08, @01:29PM EST (#1) (User #3 Info) http://www.vortxweb.net/gorgias/mens_issues/index.html While I am in wholehearted agreement that the way psychiatric drugs are administered is completely out of hand and irresponsible, I wouldn't personally go so far as to say that ADD and ADHD simply do not exist. I think the ways they have been defined can be easily mistaken in normal, rambunxious behavior of boys, but that there are also some people that do have issues that interfere so much with being in control of their own lives that it could be a legitimate pathology. Scott

ADD Does Exist (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Thursday March 08, @01:40PM EST (#2) While I appreciate the attention this writer gives to boys and to the overdrugging problem, I do not agree that ADD and ADHD are frauds. Many doctors may be overmedicating people (especially boys) with Ritalin as an overreaction, but the condition does exist. I have a mild form of it and I take Adorall, a much more gentle medication than Ritalin without the side affects, and it helps me tremendously. Marc

Re:ADD Does Exist (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Thursday March 08, @02:18PM EST (#3) Listen,you two had better read This Testimony. Do it now! Adam BTW Marc do you know Adderall (and Ritalin) is in the same Schedule II category as methamphetamine, cocaine, and the most potent opiates and barbiturates?

Re:ADD Does Exist (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Thursday March 08, @10:09PM EST (#6) That may be. And that's why it requires a triplicate (sp?) as an "abused" drug. But drugs in that section can be used properly as medicine. And I feel strongly that the controlled dosage I take helps me tremendously with little (if any) side effect. Of course, I could be wrong, and I've printed out the testimony to review. Marc

ADD may exist, but is often confused... (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Thursday March 08, @04:06PM EST (#4) Although it may be true that Attention Defecit Disorder exists, it is OFTEN misdiagnosed... I was diagnosed with both ADD and ADHD as a child, it was later found through testing, that I was actually a gifted child. The two have the exact same symptoms, and are often misdiagnosed

Re:ADD may exist, but is often confused... (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Thursday March 08, @05:50PM EST (#5) I don't believe this! ADD and ADHD is just pure pseudo-science! God dammit, if you're just going to stand there and parrot the PC line then what's the point?! I'm gonna leave it at that, cause I'm liable to say something abusive any second now. I'll be posting an article this Friday about preventing school shootings, it’s a great read from an unusual angle. Adam

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