Kids, do you have ADD?

"Then why don't you kill yourself, with Strattera ®, now with random food flavor for that last meal effect." 

"A drug commonly prescribed for attention deficit disorder as an alternative to stimulants may increase suicidal thinking in children and adolescents, federal drug regulators warned yesterday."

"The drug, Strattera from Eli Lilly, will carry a prominent "black box" warning - the Food and Drug Administration's most serious alert - on its label, said F.D.A. officials and Lilly representatives."

Carey, Benedict (2005, September 30). F.D.A. Orders New Warning on an Attention-Deficit Drug. Retrieved September 30, 2005, from http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/30/health/30drug.html

So let me get this straight. If you having trouble paying attention, you will be subjected to a drug that cures you, allowing you to focus clearly. Yet, the clear focus has now become to kill yourself? How is this curing the problem, people. Luckily the percentages of people actually afftected in this manner are below 10%. However, just imagine one day you fall asleep drawing your name on a desk in class. The teacher sends you to a counselor who suggests you improve your attention span through a prescription. You take the pills and a week later you aren't drawing your name anymore, you are CARVING IT into your wrist. I bet, somewhere in the upper level floors of the Strattera ® building, there is a man watching the suicide rate slowly climb and rubbing his hands together. Because two days later the local morgue runners are at his door paying him for the new load of business. Wouldn't it be hilarious if they each received a dose of their own medication. There's a fraction of a chance that somebody is going to swan dive into the asphalt.