Pills to Help A.D.H.D Patients and to Help in School

   The article "Attention Disorder or Not Pills to Help in School" Alan Schwarz explores some kids cases with A.D.H.D. and some kids without. He also reveals what happens behind closed doors in doctors offices and the kind of pills they give out. According to polls by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 5.4 million kids are reported to have the disorder.
   This article includes quotes from professional doctors and from parents with troubled kids. Schwarz even included quotes from the kids who use some of the drugs described in the article. One quote from a doctor that stood out the most to me was " I dont have a whole lot of choice, we've decided as a society that it's too expensive to change the kid's enviroment. So we have to change the kid." I  believe this shows that this doctor is not trying hard enough to find other ways to treat these kids and to not give them these harsh medications that could possibly hurt them in the future.
   I think that kids with the syndrome need more resources to help them with this disorder than the harmful drugs given to them by the doctors. Some of the problem is that some schools cant afford to service the kids with this ADHD and so they turn to other resources that could help these kids but they do not notice the bad it can do to kids.
   This article makes me think that sometimes doctors just do what they think is right but in reality its not the best choice in the matter. For example sometimes if a kid has allergies and the medicine the doctor tries to give them could cause an allerginic reaction, the doctor is supposed to think of something else and perscribe something different just for the kids safety. I guess some doctors notice the possible side effects of drugs perscribed and just don't pay them any attention. I hope that in the future doctors like this can start thinking about the kids safety more to keep them from getting sicker than they already are.