From ABCNEWS.com comes an article titled: “Recreational Ritalin – Kids Using Prescription Drug for Fun”
The article states that, “Authorities fear Ritalin is becoming increasingly popular as a recreational drug among teens and pre-teens.”
According to the article, a “significant amount of data from school surveys, emergency room reports, poison control centers, adolescent drug treatment and law enforcement encounters all indicate a growing problem with the abuse of MPH among school children.” MPH or methylphenidate is another term used for Ritalin.
Those using ritalin for recreational use are snorting and/or injected it into the bloodstream, according to the article.
The article also states that, “emergency room admissions studied by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that in 1995 and 1996, patients ages 10 to 14 were just as likely to mention methylphenidate as cocaine in a drug-related emergency room episode.”
ABCNEWS: Recreational Ritalin
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Feds to Issue Child Psychiatric Drug Use Warning
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