Monday, November 21, 2005

Ritalin

KipEsquire ponders whether sugar and caffeine are the root cause of the Ritalin generation.  I think the increased prevalence of Ritalin is caused by the availability of Ritalin.  If parents in the 60s and 70s had a socially acceptable drug that they could give their kids to get them to stop bouncing off the walls I am relatively sure they would have used it.

The other factor that plays into the [over] prescription of Ritalin is that it only costs most parents $5-10/month to keep their kids medicated.  If they had to pay the full price of that prescription (I’d guess $50-$100/month) would they be as likely to use it?

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