My, there's an awful lot of fuck fucks fucking going on in this thread. I am a firm believer that if it was manufactured by a pharmaceutical company, it's probably bad for you. And Ritalin is just plain nasty. If I'm not mistaken, it's an upper similar to amphetamines and has the opposite effect on kids. I have talked to a lot of parents who are not too thrilled with how it fucked up their little kids.