Kiddie Cocaine! Poor man’s cocaine! This prescription drug can kill, whether your doctor has prescriped it for Little Johnny or he’s managed to buy it from a dealer and abuse it.
Here is a story about Matthew. This is quoted from a “Say No to drugs and Yes to Life” booklet.
Matthew was a teenager who had been on Ritalin for seven years. He died suddenly in March 2000. Although he had no history of heart problems, the autopsy revealed clear signs of small vessel damage. His distraught parents were told by one of the medical examiners that the heart of a healthy, fully grown man weighs about 350 grams. Matthew’s heart weighted 402 grams. His death certificate reads: “Death caused from long term use of
Methylphenidate (Ritalin).”
Also a study supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse found that users of Ritalin and similar drugs “showed the highest percentage of cocaine abuse.” As a person builds up a tolerance to the drug they will turn to stronger more potent drugs which is an escape from an unwanted condition that first lead them to abuse the drug in the first place.
Kurt Cobain was prescriped Ritalin at 7. It is believed this lead to his abuse later of stronger drugs. Which in turn lead to his suicide in 1994.
Had anyone taken the steps to intervene with his drug addiction to get him to a drug rehab with the help of an interventionist we would be hearing his music today.
It would seem that the effects of this drug, Ritalin means “death” to anyone who is prescribed it or they attain it through the local dealer. If you have someone you know and love and they are abusing Ritalin or are now abusing more potent drugs such as cocaine or crack cocaine, heroin do not wait a minute longer! They need help and there are excellent drug rehab programs to help them become drug free and live a healthy life!
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