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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's pathetic and it's also can cause psychological problems and brain damage in the long run.  But many people in this area don't think about the long run and pin too much on hitting short-term success markers.  (HS GPA, etc.)   The problem is that you create kids that get out in the real world and don't feel they can compete without aids.

The other thing is that so many kids are on ADHD medicine that the power of these drugs has been demystified.  Everyone has friends on them and they seem to be okay, so....Plus, the drugs work, they sharpen focus, keep kids alert.  Know of one standout athlete/student at our local HS who is known as the Addy guy.  Is aiming for Ivy or little Ivy and just may get in.  But so what?  Life is long and too sadly shortcuts, which is all these pills are is for many kids, have a way of catching up.  My oldest kid knew kids who used this stuff and he always viewed it as cheating.  I do the best to convince his sibs of the same.  You've only got one mind, why play with it with powerful drugs when it's still developing?

I feel sad that so many parents are caught up in their kids success that they look the other way or even encourage stimulant use.  So proud their kids aren't drinking or smoking pot.   What a joke!   [/quote]

[b]And then they turn around and crap on Asians for studying too hard. No wonder Asians have to study hard; white kids are cheating and  taking 'study drugs" to gain an advantage. [/b][/quote]

Don't kid yourself.  This is a drug for high achievers, which includes all ethnicities in this area.[/quote]

[b]If that's what you want to believe... but I have never heard of any Asian kids/parents going to a psychiatrist to get ADHS drugs although I heard of plenty of white kids taking this kind of drug. Asians will laugh at the idea of having their kids evaluated for ADHD because the kid complains "I cannot seem to concentrate on my study... I am losing my focus... BS."[/quote][/b]

Then you don't get out much.  Two of my kid's Asian friends are on prescribed ADHD meds.  One struggles to focus and doesn't do that well in school.  Careful of generalizations, the reality, particularly of Asians living in America for awhile and adapting the culture, can be very different than you might expect.

And some of the top non-prescription users of ADHD meds go to everyone's favorite local math and science magnet high school.

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Didn't take too long before whites begin hanging this one on the Asians too. My kid has been at TJ for 3 years and he has never heard of any Asian students using ADHD drugs. However, the NY Times article does quote Mclean High School students/graduates abusing such a drug. Now all of sudden Asians are "adapting the culture' as opposed to 'those foreigners sticking to themselves and speaking foreign languages etc." Whatever is convenient. I don't think many people will buy the argument that this is an Asian thing. Asians are notorious for not going to psychologists/psychiatrists. You haven't been around Asians too much. [/quote]

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