http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=565207&in_page_id=1965


This whole article came across like a bizarre cross of Huxley's brave new world and Orwells '84.

The amount of kids now on a pharma product that is essentially changing the ways that kids can be kids is startling, not surprising is that when you look into the area of CPS those numbers per capita skyrocket.

How many people spend more than 20 hours a week staring at a electronic device rather than spending time with a loved one or going out and experiencing some level of social interaction?

Warmachine <--- Guilty as charged on that one!
The question is now, what kind of long term changes have been made to my brain? I was of the first generation of children that schools and the state could demand kids take Ritalin... you know because the fake pharma coke is good for you. I was also of the first generation of kids that didn't have to go to a gameroom to play arcade games. Did that dual whammy of brain flooding dopamine increases and the psuedo-zombie like state that a few hours of video games can put you in give me some lasting damage? Will I be more susceptible to brain problems, either physical or mental. I'd like to say I'll tell you when that happens, but I'm more likely to have forgotten...
Now where did I put that X-Box controller...

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/issues/ritalin.cfm