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"Ritalin is fucking awesome." You are talking about Methylphenidate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylphenidate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylphenidate M
by tintin 15y ago
"Ritalin is fucking awesome."
You are talking about Methylphenidate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylphenidate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylphenidate
Methylphenidate is a rather new drug. Until we know all the risks doctors won't prescribe it when not (absolutely) necessary. I don't think that's a bad thing. And I don't relate caution with banning.
- veidr 15y agoSure, I can understand that point of view, although I don't quite agree. But I probably should have mentioned somewhere in my comment that I believe pretty much all drugs should be legal, even just for people who want to get high -- so of course I advocate individual choice for drugs that demonstrate benefits that can actually improve one's quality of life (beyond simple recreation).
- tintin 15y agoEver heard about Thalidomide? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide I think there are good reasons why we are careful with prescribing drugs. Take cocaine for example. Before 1900 they used it a lot. Even on children. But cocaine addiction caused a lot of troubles.
- gwern 15y agoAre Ritalin and Thalidomide in the same reference classes, that it makes any sense to compare them? Specifically, one drug was offered for less than 3 years or so, and then withdrawn due to horrible unexpected side-effects that were suspected within a year or two. And another drug has been publicly prescribed for roughly 50 years and has been investigated in detail with a long list of pretty well-understood side-effects. (You tell me which is which.)