Re: What is Quackery?

"Marko Proberto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "George Conklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "Orac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > >  "George Conklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > > "Orac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > > Ritalin is one of the most studied drugs there is. Try doing a
> Medline
> > > > > search on it sometime. There are thousands of scientific articles
on
> > it.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >    Drugging millions of children with a stimulant, which for reasons
> > unknown
> > > > has the opposite effect on the young, is one more example of the war
> > against
> > > > boys.
> > >
> > > George, I'm not a big fan of Ritalin. However, it clearly does some
good
> > > in select cases. The problem is not the drug per se, but the tendency
to
> > > overuse it because it's easier than behavioral modification, not that
it
> > > doesn't work. My wife, a school psychologist, sees this problem, where
> > > teachers, rather than working with kids with mild ADD, immediately
start
> > > agitating to have them put on Ritalin.
> > >
> > > What I was pointing out was that, contrary to the assertions
otherwise,
> > > Ritalin is a very well-studied drug.
> >
> >    Why is a stimulant a depressant depending on age?
>
> It is not. It acts the same regardless of age, gender, political
persuasion,
> or whether you eat meat.

That just shows how fucking ignorant you are !

Regardless of age !!!

Please.

-- 
Ho hum
Jez
 "Few of us can easily surrender our belief that
society must somehow make sense.  The thought
that the State has lost its mind and is punishing so
many innocent people is intolerable. And so the
evidence has to be internally denied."
- Arthur Miller