Have You Had Your Ritalin Today?

Have You Had
Your Ritalin Today?
by Gemma Hughes
art/Eric Spitler

In the past, society believed that the world was flat and that the sun revolved around the earth. Today we believe that the government knows what's best for us and that the drug Ritalin (Methylphenidate) is a cure for the brain disorders Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

The number of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD has increased dramatically in the last decade, along with the prescription of Ritalin, the drug of choice supposed to treat these disorders. It is not uncommon to find 30% of a school's students taking Ritalin or other drugs that claim to treat ADHD (Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, N.D., M.S.W., and Robert Ullman, N.D. Ritalin Free Kids).

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