From: "Harry S. Hawk" <habs@warwick.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 06:54:55 +0800
To: perry@piermont.com
Subject: Re: [RANT] Giving Mind Control Drugs to Children
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I've taken Ritalin as both an adult and a child. It is by experiance
not a sedative. It helps me focus more and increase my attention span.

It is as perry indicates a amphetamine. 


> 
> 
> Timothy C. May writes:
> > From what I've read--and I'm no expert, having long had essentially the
> > _opposite_ of "attention deficit disorder," assuming it really even
> > exists!--most children getting Ritalin are just being sedated.
> 
> Speed is not a sedative. Ritalin is amphetamine, not a barbituate. For
> most people, its like drinking lots of coffee -- it seriously
> increases attention and lowers your ability to sleep.
> 
> > Behavior control in its purest form. While the kids stop their
> > wandering attention and constant physical motions, it's because
> > they're in a mental fog, just one step away from drooling.
> 
> Thats not what Ritalin does to *anyone*. If anything, amphetamines are
> abused by people who want to remain awake and alert.
> 
> Perry
> 


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