[quote=PurpleFlyingMonkeys;2045278] I've also noticed a lot of those who were on riddlin as a child end up having a upper addiction as an adult. Cocaine, crack, speed etc.

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Actually, the research shows the opposite:

http://pediatrics.aappublications.or...1/179.abstract

Basically the research shows that the drug abuse issues they do see are really a function of the ADHD itself in some kids, though by no means are all kids with ADHD doomed to a life of drug abuse. Kids who are properly medicated are actually less likely to abuse drugs later in life. The larger problem comes from people/kids using stimulant medications who actually are not ADHD. Obviously that would be an issue. That is why it is so important that a careful diagnosis is made rather than physicians bowing to parents who demand they medicate their children for a condition they don't really have. Unfortunately that is so often the case.

The danger is that some people are so anti-med that they refuse to allow their children to be medicated when intervention is really needed and the kids are the ones who pay for years of trying to function somehow against all of the issues of their disability when they could have had some relief of symptoms.

I am by no means saying that there aren't problems with children being over-medicated, but it is foolish to paint all children's meds and children's symptoms with the same brush. That's is just extremism and personally I find extremism to be a very dangerous thing.