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Hmmmm....defending Ritalin, are we?

We're a generation that believes that children should be medicated into
obedience just for being children.

To me, a child that doesn't act like an adult is healthy and happy.  That's
why they're called children.





"Daryl McCullough" <daryl@cogentex.com> wrote in message
news:a8frn202kre@drn.newsguy.com...
> kodrik says...
>
> >If you are in the US, teachers and friends will probably recommend giving
> >him some Ritalin or other Zombie drugs (this happenned to me and my kid).
> >If you don't have time for you kid, want him to conform to nowm and don't
> >mind him being dependant of Class2 narcotics for the rest of his life,
this
> >is a perfect solution.
>
> First of all, this is quite off-topic. Second, regardless
> of whether Ritalin (and similar drugs) is a good thing or
> not, it is a complete mischaracterization to call them
> "Zombie drugs" and "narcotics". Ritalin is not a sedative,
> it is a stimulant. It no more makes a kid into a Zombie
> conformist than drinking coffee does.
>
> --
> Daryl McCullough
> (sipping my cup of coffee)
>


