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[Source Article](https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/are-we-medicating-millions-of-adhd)

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[–] • 3 pts

Pharma companies realized long ago that the treatment of acute conditions was barely profitable and too variable. Treating life-long conditions creates a dependable profit stream for decades. This follows the tobacco (or heroin) model. ADHD gets children hooked in elementary school and keeps them as customers well into adulthood where they can switch to anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs for the rest of their lives.

[–] • 2 pts

... and may I add reinforces psychological acceptance of the notion that there is a pill for everything mentality starting from a young age. ex: "Why diet when I can eat whatever I want and just take a pill to lose weight?"

[–] • 2 pts

schools are in the drug dealing profession now ..have been for years...right along with the medical profession

actual need and efficacy is irrelevant

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

Tom Cruise was ahead of his time on this, by a long shot.

https://youtu.be/tRXZ0oant6Q

[–] • 0 pt

I remember the media and social media backlash from that interview. It’s par of what got Tom permanently labeled as a Hollywood kook. I see one of those backlash videos in the YouTube suggestions.

I still think Scientology is garbage, but he was right about everything in that video.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

I remember thinking he was crazy at the time as well. "of course the doctors know.. They're doctors...." how much I've changed since then

[–] • 2 pts

"Pschology is a schlock profession populated by half-wits." Lol

[–] • 2 pts

I would argue malfeasance. Half-wits is way too kind.

[–] • 1 pt

How is this any different than (((big pharma))) pushing vaccines?

Spoiler: it's not. It's the same story. (((big pharma))) pushing its snake oil to unsuspecting people, but worse, damaging and murdering them.

[–] • 1 pt

Society won't rearrange itself to stay both challenging and interesting. In fact most things now are dumbed down significantly. There are also way too many distractions. High functioning individuals with primarily attentive type ADHD suffer under these conditions.

Most of these individuals can get by with caffeine. Lots and lots of caffeine.

Maybe some alternative stimulants should be as legal as caffeine.

All natural stimulants like cocaine.

[–] • 1 pt

lol. science means $$$ now, didn't you get the memo?

so ya there is (((scientific justification))) if you understand newspeak

just like "misinformation" means "it is potentially the actual truth, but we don't like it so we're going to smear it and create a knee-jerk reaction in the non critically thinking masses"