“Ritalin Grin”

This is a song about Ritalin. I am dedicating it to Frank, who you will see in the photos during the bridge.I didn’t know him personally, but Frank was given Ritalin as a child and also grew up to be a drug addict. He committed suicide in his late twenties. Ritalin has been shown to increase the risk of drug addiction later in life. It has also proven to cause permanent brain changes and has never been shown to actually improve school outcome. These are just a few of the concerns with Ritalin. Drug addiction ruins lives. Why would you give a child a medication that increases their risk of becoming a drug addict, just for some short-term benefits, mainly to make the child more manageable by adults? What kind of a trade-off is this. As a mother, this is a great concern to me, especially given that Ritalin is being handed out like candy in what is being called a ‘global initiative’ to ‘help’ children (according to the Canadian Guide to Medications and Supplement). Children are often put on Ritalin at the request of a teacher, not a doctor. The doctors just comply with the school’s wishes in such cases. There have even been cases of people having their children removed by CPS for refusing to medicate them with Ritalin. In one study of children on Ritalin, 6% of the subjects became psychotic from their ‘treatment’. Drug addiction, death, psychosis…What are we doing? If my child were diagnosed with ADD, the first thing I would look into would be his nutritional status and any …

www.siddhayatan.org http www.siddhalishree.com (blog) Acharya Shree Yogeesh speaks on addiction, habits, and addiction programs and emphasizes the need of self-awareness. Addictions in life are difficult to break, because addictions take over the person. Even believing in God, Jesus, Rama, Krishna or any other faith, will not help them completely. Yes, it will help them temporarily, but not rid them of the actual addiction, craving or habit. Addictions and Habits are formed because of the many toxins in the body. For example, if one smokes, toxins are created in the system that will make the person crave smoking. Once all toxins are removed from the system, one can be free of addiction and habits. Through one’s self-effort and awareness, one can break their addictions, cravings, and habits. Acharya Shree also suggests a Kriya Technique that will detoxify one’s body of the toxins that create the craving However, he states and warns that this technique should not be attempted without real guidance from a living enlightened master. *tags* overcoming cravings, overcoming drugs, overcoming addiction, stop smoke cravings, stop alcoholism, drug addiction, pot, weed, marijuana, heroin, cigarettes, meth, alcohol anonymous, overcoming alcoholism