Students Partying On ‘ADHD’ Drugs

A new kind of drug abuse is sweeping university campuses in North America, Canada and Austrailia and is expected to come to Britain.
Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta and other stimulant drugs that are used for ‘treating’ children diagnosed with the controversial disorder ‘ADHD’ have found a ready black market among students.
In Britain, drug agencies say reports suggest abuse of these drugs is just starting and British campuses should be prepared.

Some students have reported ‘ADHD drug’ parties where the drugs are crushed to a powder and snorted, giving the user an amphetamine-like boost.
But in most cases it has been used to help students stay awake during last-minute studying or while writing essays.

Research has shown that in some American schools up to a third of boys are on ADHD drugs although many of them do not have ‘ADHD’.
Parents are choosing to give the drug to their well-behaved but under-achieving children believing it will enhance their performance.
More than 8 million children in the US are said to be taking ADHD drugs.
Reports suggest that more than a million mothers in the US are having their children diagnosed with ‘ADHD’ so that they can use the drugs themselves.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has classified these drugs as a schedule II drug – comparable to Cocaine.
Reports claim that four children are dying every week in the US from ADHD drugs.
It is also claimed that many more have committed suicide or have attempted to commit suicide – one of the ‘side effects’ listed by the drug makers.
And our doctors continue to prescribe these psychotic drugs to children from the age of 5.

The UK and the US do not release figures for the number of children dying nor the number of children who have suffered from serious side effects.
I wonder why?
Is it because the drug makers ‘sponsor’ many of our medical facilities and organizations?