Re: 4 million US children drugged up with stimulants which never help, only harm.

Sandy L wrote:
> "Fred" <fenisz@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1161494357.745257.235250@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> Raving Beauty wrote:
>>> http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/535119.html
>>>
>>> ADHD: Pills may not be best solution
>>>
>>> By JOHN D. GRANT
>>>
>>> "Currently, there are more than 350,000 Canadian children (and over
>>> four million Americans) between five and 19 receiving prescriptions for
>>> psychostimulant medication in one form or another to treat attention
>>> deficit disorder +/- hyperactivity. To justify such widespread use of
>>> these controlled medications (amphetamines), there should be strong
>>> evidence that these medicines truly benefit recipients, right?
>>>
>>> Well, actually, no long-term studies have ever demonstrated these drugs
>>> to be effective in helping individuals adapt or adjust to the pressures
>>> and demands of school or society. Indeed, available studies provide
>>> little evidence that stimulants improve academic performance."
>> So Loony Linda, this seems to be one of your aliases.  Have you noticed
>> how, with all your stupid crossposts, you have brought a bunch of rogue
>> nut cases like yourself to this NG.  This site used to be a place where
>> you could get advice and support.  Now a bunch of rogues have taken
>> over and the good people stay away.  How many aliases do you have?
>>
> These off-topic "contributions" to AST bring to mind a question from a
few
> years back.
> Do those who post frequently to long and contentious threads achieve thereby
> a flame wargasm? And if so, does the high frequency of posting indicate that
> it takes a lot of effort to attain a flame wargasm (i.e., they are
> relatively inwargasmic), or that they attain a flame wargasm virtually every
> time (i.e., they are multiwargasmic)?
>
> B. F. Skinner found that pigeons in a box with a lever that would provide a
> bit of grain when a pigeon pecked it would get the highest rate of response
> when the reward was offered on a variable ratio reinforcment scheme with a
> high ratio.  That is the pigeon had to peck many times, on average, to get a
> kernel of grain, but sometimes the grain would follow soon after the
> previous one and some times it would tacke hundreds of pecks.  The high
> frequency of OT posts thus suggests that the posters are more likely to be
> inwargasmic, but an alternate model, cocaine use, suggests that is not a
> certain conclusion.
>
> Are alternative explanations available?

i got an explanation.

GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU BITCH!  :-D
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