The lead story in a recent Sundays "NY TImes" was incredibly disturbing. It had to do with addiction, mainly a highly addictive drug frequently prescribed for someone diagnosed as ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).
The article profiled a young college graduate, addicted to Adderall, and the efforts of his parents to save him and the culpability of psychiatrists and various therapists who so willingly prescribed the drug. What it seems to me is that nobody pays any price for helping this youngster destroy himself other than the parents. There has to be some accountability. Or, maybe not. Maybe the health care system, the patents, friends did all they could. When somebody appears hell bent and determined to destroy themselves, can anything be done? I don't know.
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