Like Adderall, Ritalin is a drug used to treat ADHD. It can be abused as a “study drug” and young people who are prescribed Ritalin sometimes progress to taking stronger drugs.
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Ritalin Term Timeline in Dopesick
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Chapter 1
...Fernandez that her then-four-year-old son, Jesse, is too wild in class, so a doctor suggests Ritalin. Two years later, Kristi tries Ritalin on her son, and it seems to stop teacher...
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Chapter 6
...a major source of income, which incentivizes people to stay sick. Children are frequently given Ritalin because the ADHD diagnosis will help them draw disability checks in adulthood.
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...fulfill their addictions. For most teenagers that develop addictions, the first drugs they took were Ritalin or Adderall (prescribed for attention deficit disorders but also abused as a study drug on...
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Between 1991 and 2010, prescription of stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin increases tenfold among all age groups, with some going to children as young as two...
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