Kids selling their psych drug pills to kids who want to get stoned

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Youngsters prescribed a controversial hyperactivity drug are peddling the pills to schoolfriends in Middlesbrough (in Britain), it was confirmed today. And children are also suffering at the hands of bullies, who are forcing them to hand over their Ritalin medication, which can produce a cocaine-type high.

Dave Woodhouse, head of psychology at Teesside University, said:

"It is very similar to cocaine and in some ways it is more effective than cocaine, for example, it stays in the brain longer. The abuse is nothing new. It started in the early '60s but no study has been done in terms of the level of abuse. But I gave a talk to a group of school teachers and asked how many of them knew about Ritalin being sold between children at school. Ninety per cent of them put their hands up and said they had some experience of it."

Experts believe the tablets could be changing hands for up to £10 a time for their euphoric or appetite-suppressing effects.