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Originally Posted by Crack
Ritalin would be a good place to start Will. The point is not how it happened, but the result. I added the title to the thread, the cartoon merely says "pills". What I do think, is that medication like Ritalin is vastly over-prescribed and used in a very poor manner by parents that do not know any better. I would venture to guess that there is a large number of kids that are taking Ritalin or similar drugs when they clearly shouldn't be.
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Parents don't prescribe drugs like Ritalin, though, trained professionals like licensed psychiatrists prescribe them. And they don't just do it willy-nilly, either. It's done in response to specific criteria which the child (or adult) meets.
Maybe we should start here: why do you believe Ritalin is over prescribed? Why do you believe psychiatrists and doctors are in err?