Re: What is Quackery?

"Jez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "George Conklin" <[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.

Did I point out to you that "Clueless!" was only a movie and not be meant to
be a way of life? If not, pardon my oversight.

There used to be something called a 'paradoxical' effect, where the patient
was no longer jumping from one activity to another and, when taking
medication, was able to focus on one topic. Now that is recognized as the
medication enhancing the patient's ability to focus on a topic/task, and it
is not paradoxical in any stretch of the imagination. It is a stimulation of
the brain's ability to focus.

This effect is the same effect that is found regardless of age. Have you
ever studied the medication or its use? or do rely on the popular press or
anti-science/psychiatry know-nothings for you sole source of input?