Angela, it's one thing to have an opinion, it's another thing to at least look at the research. If you are interested in this topic (and I think it's a good debate), you should at the very least read John Ratey and Ed Hallowin's work (Driven to Distraction, Answers to Distraction, Delivered from Distraction). In one of these works, they point out an interesting data bit, that the kids with ADD who are properly medicated are at much less risk of drug and alcohol abuse.