Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities
Reply to "New to ADHD - share your lessons learned"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]Ok, here is some recent research debunking the claim that ADHD meds reduce the risk of drug abusehttp://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2013.4a6 And as far as I know, there are no studies that compare the outcomes of non-drug and drug treatment in terms of later illegal drug use. Also, apparently a lot of the earlier studies counted nicotine use as drug abuse - which, while concerning, is not exactly the same as being an alcoholic. Anyway, my point here is that the decision to medicate or not should not be guided by scare tactics about a kid becoming a heroin addict if not medicated. There are many other much more important factors at play - and the evidence is thin for the claim, and tainted by conflicts of interest. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
