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Cannabinoids Rather Than Ritalin for Children?

Daily Dose 2010-04-27 0 comments

Treating Yourself, a medical marijuana journal for patients by patients, in a recent article posses several questions, one of the most obvious being: how could anybody give psychostimulants (like Ritalin and Adderall), amphetamines and methamphetamines, to children?

In their article, ā€œWon’t Somebody Please Think of the Children!ā€ Treating Yourself takes a close look at the comparisons between Marinol, the ā€˜marijuana pill’, and Adderall.Ā  In a side-by-side analysis, it seems obvious that amphetamines are not the preferred choice of medication.Ā  From side effects to efficacy to toll on the body, the ā€˜future of ADHD treatment… may start to move away from pharmacological intervention as a tier one treatment… only being used for the most severe treatment resistant cases.’

They conclude that ā€˜ā€¦the future of cannabinoid/endocannabinoid manipulation therapy… exists substantial evidence to back the anecdotal claims of the hoards of cannabis-using ADHDers for whom cannabis appears to offer symptomatic relief and improvements in quality of life.ā€