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There is a systemic problem in this country, where schools are often forcing parents to turn to Ritalin.

— Neil Bush

If you've heard Hillary Clinton's recent remarks on Ritalin and other drug use on children, you'll find the usual nauseating demagoguery. She appears to…

— Peter Breggin

You don't know what it's like! Hyperactive twins! When they turned three, my doctor prescribed Ritalin -- I wouldn't dream of giving a drug…

— Jane Wagner

I was asked by the National Institute of Health to be their scientific discussant on the effects of these drug [Ritalin] at a big…

— Peter Breggin

“the kids who can’t adapt to school’s tedium are diagnosed with ADHD and are put on powerful psychoactive drugs, which have the immediate effect…

— Peter O. Gray

“Or what about attention deficit disorder, and the litany of negative, even catastrophic associations it carries? Fifteen years ago, it barely existed, but today…

— Martin Lindstrom

Ritalin abuse is a big issue in the US.

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

“...sometimes they almost made me feel glad that I had a few extra years to play my depression out with therapy and other means,…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

Suppose you read about a pill that you could take once a day to reduce anxiety and increase your contentment. Would you take it?…

— Jonathan Haidt

“The whole notion that ADHD is a specific disease easily remedied by a pill is convenient but alarming. In several schools throughout the United…

— David Perlmutter

“The prescribing of stimulants to ADHD youth began to take off in the 1980s, and today, thirty years later, studies have failed to show…

— Robert Whitaker

“If you are a parent trying to determine if psychiatric medications are appropriate for your child, remember one thing: Most of these drugs have…

— Gwen Olsen