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Kiddie Cocaine (Ritalin)
“The symptoms of almost an overdose kick in. The person gets very hyper, hyper-sensitive, hyper-alert, with very intense mood swings. It’s crazy.”
— A former user
“I rst tried Ritalin when I was in 7th grade. It was prescribed to me, they thought I had slight ADD [attention decit disorder], because I pretended to, so I could have an excuse for not doing well in school (I was just lazy). I never realized that I was getting myself addicted, and then I was no different than any other habitual drug user.
“I took about 40 mg a day and I
felt it put me at the top of my game.
I would stay up for days in a row, to the point I suffered a severe psychotic episode. It was terrifying! Everything seemed to be melting and morphing
and I was terried.”
— Andrea
"Now, I have built up a tolerance to taking two to three 20 mg pills to get the high. I recognize my dependence.... I have become ‘cracked-out’ or zombie-like.”
— Anonymous teenage user
“I ended up doing a lot of stronger amphetamines that brought me down pretty quick, and I don’t know if I would have gotten interested in them if I hadn’t started using Ritalin.”
— Andy
