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, āWonāt Somebody Please Think of the Children!ā Treating Yourself takes a close look at the comparisons between Marinol, the āmarijuana pillā, 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 āfuture 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.ā
They conclude that āā¦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