The number of prescriptions for psychostimulants has soared 187 percent since 1994, now totalling some three quarters of a million. The stimulant market in the UK now tops £33 million a year.

The media often trumpets the “wonders” of such drugs, extolling them for the treatment of childhood learning and emotional “problems” and “disabilities.”

And all the while we are told these drugs are “safe and effective” for children.

But are they?

Imagine being a parent who is told that your 7-year-old child is very ill and suffering — so much so that he needs medication to be able to learn, even to survive.

You’re told not to worry. Millions of other children are taking it.

“You wouldn’t deny your son or daughter the medication they need, would you?” you’re asked.

Now imagine being told that unless you administer this drug to your child, he or she could be removed from your home because to deny such medication would constitute emotional and medical neglect.

Under such “advice” you agree to the medication. Now imagine hearing the news that your son or daughter just died suddenly and inexplicably. A coroner tells you that the experts you had trusted, lied. The “medication” is the cause of your child’s death.

Imagine the pain. Imagine the betrayal. This scenario is common where psychostimulants are prescribed to millions of children around the world. 

“Shaina looked into my eyes as her life ended and I could do nothing to save her,” said the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died of toxic levels of a prescribed stimulant for ADHD. “I will do whatever it takes to ensure that no other family will ever have to lose a child to psychiatry,” said the father of a 13-year-old boy who suffered cardiac arrest due to Ritalin.

There is a lot of information provided to parents about psychostimulants, but it is often skewed because of the financial conflicts of interest between psychiatrists recommending them and the pharmaceutical companies that manufacture them.

One piece of widely promoted misinformation is that a psychiatric disorder such as “attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder” (ADHD) is a real medical disease.

It is not.

On top of this, the diagnoses of ADHD, conduct or learning disorders are so broad that nearly all children, and even adults, could fit the criteria.

With no lab tests to verify the presence or absence of any mental illness, psychiatrists define symptoms of ADHD by the presence of some of the following behaviours:

• fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes in schoolwork or other tasks;
• work is often messy or careless;
• has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities;
• fails to complete schoolwork, chores, or other duties;
• often fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat;
• often runs about or climbs excessively in situations in which it is inappropriate;
• is often “on the go”;
• often talks excessively;
•  interrupts or intrudes on others (for example, butts into conversations or games).

Meanwhile, the stimulant drugs psychiatrists prescribe to children are so addictive they are referred to by experts as “Kiddie Cocaine” because of their many similarities to cocaine.

This booklet provides facts about psychostimulants commonly prescribed for so-called ADHD, “behavioural” or study problems. It is aimed at giving parents and others facts from which they can make a more informed decision about their own or their children’s healthcare needs.

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