Sunday, February 3, 2013

23.Drowned in a Stream of Prescriptions

although adderall has given many positive responses to people who truly struggle with A.D.H.D it is becoming a serious issues of young teens like Richard Fee who has hanged himself due to the addictive medications, where teenagers fake their simptoms to take these drugs. leading a healthy young 24 man into psychiatric breakdown.Very few people who misuse stimulants devolve into psychotic or suicidal addicts. even richards physicians claimed that A.D.H.D can fail patients especiallly the young adults.Young adults are by far the fastest-growing segment of people taking A.D.H.D medications. 
“Any step along the way, someone could have helped him — they were just handing out drugs,” is what richard's father has claimed. as this becomes an hot issue it is important for the public to say something.

this article dealt with and big issue that is rising in the united states, they used clear evidence and most importantly supported it will percise data of how the amount of adderall dependant adults were growing leading the audience into thinking how something meant to be good, became such a devastating pill. the author does a good job at describing how faking the symptoms lead to many deaths by young adults

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/us/concerns-about-adhd-practices-and-amphetamine-addiction.html?ref=health&_r=0

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