Hmmm. Strange, don't you think, how most of these drugs are antidepressants? They lift mood, creating a pleasurable sensation.

Point the first- Pleasure is the only stimulus that people cannot acclimate to. Are these drugs inhibiting the natural production of norenephrin to the point that the glands atrophy, thus creating more of a market for these drugs?

Point the second- by giving childrne pills at such an early age, what does this accomplish? The habituation of children to the use of drugs. It encourages children to take medication for each ache and pain, and gives them the stanard that drug use is 'okay'.


Antidepressants are pretty hefty to be throwing aroudn so casually.

DE

Originally posted by DeusEx
Point the second- by giving childrne pills at such an early age, what does this accomplish? The habituation of children to the use of drugs. It encourages children to take medication for each ache and pain, and gives them the stanard that drug use is 'okay'.

Exactly my point. I think that even though these drugs do help some people, they are dangerous and can often have very serious side effects. I question the logic of using these drugs on young children in order to keep them like zombies so they behave.

Once part of the problem is the knee-jerk reaction of parents and schools to assign medication to every problem child instead of figuring out the motivation BEHIND the acting out.

Does it disturb anyone else that often kids trade these drugs in for cash, CDs, or other drugs?

DE

Originally posted by DeusEx
Once part of the problem is the knee-jerk reaction of parents and schools to assign medication to every problem child instead of figuring out the motivation BEHIND the acting out.

Does it disturb anyone else that often kids trade these drugs in for cash, CDs, or other drugs?

Yeah it does disturb me. Essentially these kids are being turned into drug dealers since many of them sell the drugs like you said.. in exchange for money and other things.

Not only that, it fuels the growing drug black market. We're hitting another hippy patch- drug use is generally accepted, and so these actions are actually helping fuel a schoolyard where a kid trades in his bottle of Ritalin for a few rocks.

Second, almost all of these drugs are seratonin inhibitors, and seratonin is fairly important for brain function. I haven't slept in about two and a half days...so someone dedge up what seratonin functions are. I'll put odds on it affecting higher-order brain function.

DE

Originally posted by DeusEx
Not only that, it fuels the growing drug black market. We're hitting another hippy patch- drug use is generally accepted, and so these actions are actually helping fuel a schoolyard where a kid trades in his bottle of Ritalin for a few rocks.

It seems ridiculous to me that so many parents have no problems keeping their child drugged with these type of medication. And like you said, it seems that people arent allowed to be depressed anymore.

It seems like very few reconize prescription drugs like mood enhancers and ADD/ADHD meds as drugs like the ones found on the streets.

I believe that drugs are largely responsible for most mental disorders, the drug companies sell bad product when they can profit, and some or just too stupid to realize that children are going to misbehave.

Originally posted by jrod
I believe that drugs are largely responsible for most mental disorders, the drug companies sell bad product when they can profit, and some or just too stupid to realize that children are going to misbehave.

Exactly. That's the bottom line for them, making money. Many parents are too goddamn lazy to actually parent their kids that they would rather have their children on drugs.