Running on Ritalin

Scenes from a film that looks at the 700% increase of drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - ADHD.
Producer & Director, Denise Bostom
Cinematography, Emiko Omori
Sound, Sara Chin
Editor, Jennifer Chinlund

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• ADHD
• kids'
• health
• mental
• Ritalin
• families

[dnicolebos]

The young boy wants to fit in with his classmates and just be accepted. He's curious about life and wildly imaginative. He's intelligent and generous and can also be a handful.

[kenhfisher]

This is going to be amazing!! This is my dream documentary project. Your subject is great - really articulate. Let me know if you need any help doing qualitative research.

[dnicolebos]

Hi Ken:

You're interested in how psychotropic drugs affect kids? Let's talk.

Denise

[SacredSocietyAP]

Is this the gay ass little boy from Dr. Phil that slapped his mom...lol. Sure reminds me of him. little fag needs a dad..fuck all these pills..If moms today would just stop being such bitches maybe kids would have fathers, not a pill substitute.

[AllStarKingD]

This boy is miserable casue these pills make kids smarter boring and dont fit in more then they do already boo

[paenitet7nullum]

ya when the ritalin wears off and i happen to be in a good mood i would laugh at spinning a peice of paper lol

[reuelethan]

does he have on makeup?

[beautifulmind546]

20 Million kids and adolescents are labeled with "mental disorders" that are based solely on a checklist of behaviors. There are no brain scans, x-rays, genetic or blood tests that can prove they are "mentally ill", yet these children are stigmatized for life with psychiatric disorders, and prescribed dangerous,life-threatening psychiatric drugs. Child drugging is a $4.8 billion-a-year industry. <via cchr(dot)org

[TillermanRecords]

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[TillermanRecords]

@BoardsOfCanadaMusic9 Hello friend. your view of life and your comments compelled me to reply. Please refrain from replying until at least you have pondered my words and applied thought to reason. By subjecting yourself to this submission has a far greater effect than you realise. Perhaps you have never asked the question 'What is life'. Ask the question! Play the game, choose your path. This is played mostly by the 'unknowing'. He who feels, knows. Be Free Alister said

[kothelegendary]

cannabis has also been proven an effective treatment for adhd,i've experienced both ritaline and cannabis , and i think that ritaline can sometimes make you really uncomfortable at times.

[JakeEricson]

@trecoolsrebelrocker Yeah. Many a time I'd be sitting at a family gathering and I'd just have to get up and leave because it was just too bothersome. It was like everyone was shouting when they were just talking.

[JakeEricson]

I guess an easy way to put it, at least for me, is that Adderall, which I know is not the exact same compound as Ritalin, keeps me able to keep up with my brain. Before I was medicated I would sit in class and not be able to pay any attention to the teacher. I would think about literally hundreds of other things, while staring her dead in the face. People thought I was paying attention when, in reality, I was miles away. I'd get As on test because I was intelligent, but I'd fail homework.