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Re: [RANT] Giving Mind Control Drugs to Children



"James A. Donald" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > > Er... Tim... Ritalin is an amphetamine.
>
> At 07:25 AM 7/7/96 -0700, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
> > Yes, normally, but doesn't it have a paradoxical reaction for
> > hyperactive children (i.e., it acts as a depressant for them)?
>
> Not really:  Ordinary college students who use it to facilitate
> cramming report that it has the same effect on them as on hyperactive
> children.
>
> A well known symptom of amphetamine abuse is that the abusers will
> cheerfully persist in pointless and boring activities for hours
> on end, such as folding paper bags or stirring long overcooked
> spaghetti.

Please don't shit on speed. One of the brightest people I know is 70+
years old. He's been eating several grams of speed a day since WW2.
He's brilliant and doesn't look a day over 40.

Disclaimer: I don't take speed - I don't need any drugs to be the way I am.

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