"I think the compelling question is why people feel so compelled to take a pill to sell their souls to a rat race?" There seems to be an implicit assumption in

"I think the compelling question is why people feel so compelled to take a pill to sell their souls to a rat race?" There seems to be an implicit assumption in your question that refers to adults. What about the growing number of people, diagnosed and treated as children or young adults before they really have an agency in the matter? Some U.S. based statistics on diagnoses for different <18 year old groups: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/data.html https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/data.html http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/radical-increase-in-kids-prescribed-ritalin/ http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/radical-increase-in-kids-prescrib... https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/slaits/nsch.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/slaits/nsch.htm