[thenaturalist]

> Do not give any child medication to control ADHD, why would you give an amphetamine to any child

This is totally unscientific advice putting your own personal opinion and values above patient outcomes and patient wellbeing.

This is unethical and goes against any professional medical standard.

Medicating a child who has ADHD can have significant long term benefits with regards to harm reduction (substance abuse, depression, risky behavior) and there is a mountain of evidence with long term studies to back this up.

How comments like yours can find their way onto a generally educated forum like HN is really beyond me.