ADHD drugs must include warning about death (a blast from the past)

This is a story from last year that was pretty much swept under the rug almost as quickly as it came out. At the time I said to myself that the story would either finally result in an end to the epidemic of forced ADHD druggings once and for all or be shrugged off after a few days, never to be heard from again.

Well, guess which one happened?

I can hardly even find any mentions of the story now, even though the media still dwells on celebrity gossip from 10 years ago.

Health officials in the good ol' U.S. and A. finally said last year that ADHD drugs like Ritalin and Dexedrine must now feature information warning users of heart problems, psychotic behavior, and even sudden death. Canada instituted a similar rule.

A few people in the medical field feared these warnings might put a damper on use of these toxins. Well, that's the whole point. If a drug is dangerous, are people supposed to use it more?

Unfortunately, however, ADHD poisons don't seem to be used any less. There's whole Internet forums where busybody soccer parents encourage each other to ignore the warnings, so that's part of the problem - along with greedy drug companies promoting their noxious goods (or more accurately, bads).

(Source: Market-Day 9/28/06)