THIS KID IS A HERO!!!

Making our children use highly addictive amphetamines such as Adderall should be illegal. They are not old enough to make smart and educated choices as to whether or not they want this introduced into their body. Once he turns 18 and he suffers from a chemical dependency, then what? Momma gonna kick him out of the house??? It was her fault in the first place... be smarter Parents. Don't give your kids drugs like this just because some doctor told you that your child needs it. The doctors that prescribe drugs like adderall are usually psychiatrist and their med schools were funded by the same drug companies who make these drugs. So the drug companies teach the doctors to give these drugs out like candy for small problems like ADD. The danger is far worse than any gain!!!

Kids aren't old enough to decicde when adults force them into sex... I believe we lock up people for that right? So what makes forcing a chemical substance on a kid much better? His body will become dependent on the drug and therefore you just altered and changed his life forever... HIS life momma, not yours!!

ya know as im reading this they say maybe the son cant talk to his mother.. well me and my kids have this tight bond they tell me everything and anything sometime its a little more than i wanna hear..now that my son is older he tells me that i should of been a mother instead of a friend.. and i was both cause we i was the parent they didnt wanna live by the rules that i gave them they say that i was mean wasnt fair and i was a bad mother hmmm so you tell me ya talking to your child is very hard now days you want the best for them to make the right choices and get and education and do well out there..but you can only try your best at being a parent.. there is NO such thing as a PERFECT parent

to call 1: then you definitly understand, im glad you do.

pandow i agree i hope this child does not head the same direction my son did. when my son comes home he is going to need extensive counciling, if that will even help, and believe we have tried every available drug that is known to us.i do hope and pray alot that one day he will change, he doesnt to harm to anyone, or to me, he just makes very bad choices, and thinks he is above everyone and everything.he believes he knows it all.maybe one day he will change, who knows.

JohnDoe, you are partially correct. But also there are many officers who don't have a clue. There can still be officer discretion in many cases but when the officer has no common sense how is he/she supposed to use discretion? As long as they have those 60 college credits and can write a book of citations a shift, that's what most administrations want now days.

Only because the do-gooders got the laws changed to take away officer discretion.

well i know in the state were i use to live you couldnt do anything to your child without your butt getting into trouble pretty messed up i know so then what do you do if you yell at your child it was virbal abuse if you touch then then it was child abuse so what other choice do you have in the situation.. NOTHING.. the cops go after your butt for correctiong then then the kids know this and then take advantage on the parent.. like touch me go ahead ill call the cops... even if the child didnt feel like going to school it came back on us were the ones that would have to sit in jail.. now how fair is that.. its not.. but yes i read the side affect but than again there is side affects in all medications... my daughter doesnt have any problem with her adderall at all that she is alot better..... so you tell me

Good for you Pandow77. Maybe if more parents stood up to their kids there would be less problems with them. There used to be a time when kids feared their parents more than law enforcement. Now you have some law enforcement officers arresting parents for trying to discipline their kids.

My 14 year olds father died about 4 years ago in a motorcycle crash. Which didn't really affect anything because he was never involved in my son's life anyway. He took off as soon as he found out I was pregnant. Anyway, I am married and my son never acts out around my husband because he knows he'd get his butt kicked. Since I have been standing up to him, he has been acting alot better. Thank-god

Where is the father? Does the father have any involvement in this child's life? I read comments like "intimidating the parent" and I wonder, are these comments from single mothers? As a father I can't imagine being intimidated by my children.

Has anyone looked up the side effects of Adderal? I looked it up on drugs.com and the side effects are awful. Not to mention that it even says that Adderal is a drug of abuse and that it can be habit forming. I personally could never put any of my children on medications like these. It’s not because my children are well behaved, I wish. They are very rambunctious and are quite the hand full, especially my 14 year old.

Melstew47: You cannot use anything but an open hand on a child and it cannot be hard enough to leave a mark. No closed fists, belts, spoons, ect... But you can spank a child. I know, I recently talked to authorities about it so I knew what I could and couldn't do about the problem with my 14 year old. By the way, as soon as I showed my 14 year old that I wasn't afraid of him and that I was taking charge, he has improved considerably. I find it funny that when I was growing up parents could use physical discipline on children to make them mind and there were never any school shootings and crap like that. Now that physical discipline is looked down upon there are reports of kids shooting up schools, killing their parents and today most kids show no respect for adults and authority figures.

My younger cousin went on it when he was 8 I think. He was so cute, saying "it helped him make better choices." Some kids can handle it and they'll actually take it. If your kid isn't taking it and you don't notice any improvements, wouldn't you try to find something else that might work? Especially at 14...aren't there special schools or bootcamps or something? Just a suggestion.

oh and one other thing it does not make the child a zombie that was ritlin that did that adderall does not do that this medication helps the child concentrate better and have a better attitude if you were to be around my child the days she didnt take it you knew she didnt take it she was loud and mean.. and NO it does not take 2 days for it to get to your system either it does work right away... and she didnt know at the time what the child was giving her either so what do you do call the cop and get to the bottom of it what if it was poison or something... gheesh get real here.. i know i would of done the samething if that was me...

well you guys have know idea what your talking about my 17 year old Daughter has been on this medication since she was 13 before this she was getting into trouble gotten exspelled from school had a other drugs on her and stealing and was charge with a gun.. since she has been on this medicatin she is doing way better she is an honor roll student now.. we dont give this medication because it was a way out its because our kids need the help... they cant control what they do... trust me i know.. so yes she thought she was doing this to help her son and that isnt wrong.. so dont go and judge someone cause YOU have no idea what goes on in that house.. everyone always asumes its the parents fault cause were not raising our kids right well we can only hope for the best and do whats we can for them....

great post pandow77. my kids will NEVER get meds. unless its mother natures when theyre responsible tax paying adult citizens:)

melstew47. I have walked in those same shoes..

spanking, blaming the parents, and be saved and follow the lord,all good ideas,but my guess you have never dealt with a child of this nature, the one that bothers me the most is blame the parents,easy way out. i blamed myself for years, i dont anymore. until you walked a day in a parents shoes with children like this, you should not judge.oh by the way get caught with any form of physical discipline towards your child you will probably get arrested, they took that right away along time ago, once again good luck to all parents with children that are troubled.

hollynpat: I think the woman in this story should loan you her son for awhile. My nephew was diagnosed as ADD/AHD. I watched my sister question herself constantly. Bottom line is that my sister was a good mother but her son was not controllable. Some of the things that this woman has gone through are things my sister went through. Thankfully, my nephew learned how to manage and deal with his demons and turned out as a valuable member of our society. Please think before you blame the parent. You are entitled to your opinion, but please phrase it that way.

pretty sure that vicodin is best in coffee.....amateurs

mija32002: If the kid is that bad he needs to get his butt beat, seriously. I have a 14 year old son and he, in this last year, has gotten rather rude, cocky, mouthy and alittle threatening at times. I'm not sure if it's hormones or what but he has gotten terrible. I never spanked him when he was little and I think that is part of the problem. He thinks he can run all over me. He is alittle bigger than me (I'm only 105 pounds and he is atleast 150) so I've felt intimidated by him until recently. I just decided that no matter what I had to take charge. I had to show him that I am the adult and that he is the kid and that until he moves out he has to follow my rules. Now, if he mouths off, I smack him. I let him know that I am not going to put up with his behavior and that it is unacceptable. I also have 3 little ones and I do not want them to have the same attitude that he does.

It really looks like some people on here should consider themselves lucky.

if you live in fear from your child maybe you should look in the mirror and ask yourself what you did wrong? I'm sure it has something to do with you.

Hanna: That could've been the withdrawels. They say when you are taking meds such as these and especially anti-depressents for a prolonged period you should be weaned off of them slowly. They mess with your brain chemistry. Kids should never be put on medications. Our society relies to heavily on medications for everything. If our kids get rambunctious, medicate them. If they get mouthy, medicate them. If they don't do good enough in school, medicate them. If they're too shy, medicate them. If they are too talkative and hyper, medicate them. If we get depressed, get medication. No wonder these kids grow up with addictive behaviors. They don't get use to having their own thoughts and feelings. When they grow up and something doesn't go right or they get alittle stressed they'll turn to alcohol, illegal drugs, and prescriptions as a coping mechanism. Not to mention all of the side effects that come with those doctor prescribed drugs. Anti-depressents can make you more depressed and suicidal! Yeah, let's give our kids more meds. They didn't do that when I was in school and we didn't have kids shooting up schools then. Imagine that.

unfortunatly for the parents that were shot by their son and burned up in milton- he stoped taking his meds that were needed

wow! i think this is really sad. Unfortunately most parents that have such a devious child is lacking the sense of feeling like they are loved from their parents. maybe this mother didn't have enough time to spend and show that to the child. It is more sad that we now have another child in the system that is going to hate everyone around him and will probably never be saved from all the crazyness. As a parent we should see things from their eyes too, and try to do the best we can. Not threaten our own children. what kind of life is that. maybe more people should invest in going to church and be saved by the Lord, you might have a better future then.

i will tell you what im not laughing, that was my kid.until you have lived in this situation, with a child like that, you have no right to make judgement, as far as being funny he did it, what if his mother would have had an allergic reaction to this drug,it might have killed her.to the mother this happened to, i feel really bad for you and wish i could offer you some words of encouragement,other than keep trying. and im glad you werent seriously hurt. also, attorney at large you gave some good advice.and for those who do think this is funny its really not.

Thats pretty messed up, hope this kid gets some help before he gets older and it gets too late for him.

FINALLY!! Thank you diamondback I for one do know this kid and I am very close friends with his mom and yes these people on here do NOT know what this kid has done to his mom 1.) pulled knives on her not once but twice! 2.)bullies other kids one being mine and rude to me 3.)Disrespects teachers and anyone else as far as that goes! 4.)she fears to sleep at night.You are right they are down right nasty to even judge someone they dont know. Everyone does have their own opinion but some of you are just down right nasty if you dont know the family dont be so judge mental!As far as the medicine he dont take them I could go on and on but she has tried with him and that pretty much was the last resort.Next it could be something stronger and some of you one here encourage that by laughing and joking about it!
I dont think you would be laughing if this was your kid.

TO respond to all the ignorant people that don't have your facts before you go making or passing judgement on a person. Let's see how many of you have a freaken heart out there. Let's see, 1.) expelled from school. 2.) doesn't take the pill in the first place so he doesn't know what it is like to take it. 3.) rude and disrespectful towards adults. 4.) wasn't immediately placed on meds. till years later. 5.) runs at large does what he thinks he can do. 6.) stealing cigarettes out of cars. 7.) smoking pot. 8.) busting down doors. 9.) intimidates the parent. 10.) putting the adderall is only the tip of the iceberg! Just because he says it was adderall, does it really mean it was adderall? you think your so damb smart, you drink the freaken coffee then. Let him put something in yours. Whether it be your coffee or whatever. Let him put some substance in your drink. Oh and remember the other things mentioned. If he was taking is meds. do you really think he'd be acting like he does with the property damage and all? Get the freaken facts before you judge!!!! Would you like to live in fear of your child? So shame on you for passing judgement!

I can't believe what I'm reading on here . As a parent we want what's best for our kids !!! I can't believe that a parent would just give their kid drugs to make it easier on themsleves !!! Until you have walked a day in this familes life ,you don't have the right to be so nasty..... This young man must have other issues to deal with besides being on meds. At the age of 14 he has the legal right to tell the dr. that put him on the meds. that he doesn't want to be on them.

wow, guess i should stay away from coffee for a while lol. personally, i think it's a tad rediculous, and my parents would have my behind if i ever pulled that crap. but im not on drugs either.

Doctors are too quick to medicate kids for anything and everything. As parents it's important for us to research the meds BEFORE putting our children on them. Not to mention researching whatever it is the doctor wants to medicate them for.

Part of the problem with kids now days is they sit on their butts in front of computers, video games, tv's, etc. they don't go out and run burning off excess energy.

While what this kid did was wrong, I understand why he did what he did and I can't say I don't agree with the mentality of having a parent taking a medication to see the results as long as it is under a physicians care.

I wonder if he ever tried to tell his parents look I don't want to take this stuff. After all it is the kid's body not his parents.

I think it's funny too! I can't believe she called the cops. now her son is in juvy facing a felony. exactly why kids rebell against thier parents. I would too.

hannah. THATS YOU. you CANT take your experiences and assume thats how it works for everyone. pot doesnt work for you. dont smoke it. alcohol doesnt work for me, so i dont drink it. what does work for me is smoking cannabis 2-3 times a day. im not saying cannabis cookies would work for everyone with attention deficit. but neither does the man made crap theyre pushin on kids now. what if cannabis in monitored doses would actually work for ADD kids?? we'll never know. ya know why?? because you cant patent a plant.....

zombie as in i had no intentiopn of even getting out of my chair- i wanted to but wasnt able too- now how would i then be able to get up and think about homework if i cant get out of my chair!

My child never grew for a year while she was on Adderall - When I took her off it she grew 2 inches in a short amount of time. I also got my ray of sunshine back. I have since learnt that giving her high protein snacks through out the day has had a much more stabilizing effect than any medication. While it may have been a drastic move, at least he knew enough to know that what he was feeling wasn't right. Perhaps if he was given the respect of being listened to he may not have had to resort to it.

hannah did you actually google what i said?? read some of that. that kid may become 'zombie like' like yoself. or it may allow him to focus on homework and classwork without the side affects of ANY OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUG. thats cant be a bad result, regardless of the source. i could spend HOURS ON HOURS telling you how pot has helped straighten my life out. that email i sent you went way over the gazettes limit and i had to edit like half of that.
i dont PUSH it on everyone. i simply point out that it should be an option for everyone. im not a good drinker, does that mean you shouldnt have the option to drink?? no. it simply means i shouldnt drink.

kid- if the afects it had on me when i tried it- he wont get anything done!!!! i was zombie like- couldnt move- no giggles and no munchies.it isnt for every so you seem to push it on everyone

a) i think its funny the kid did this. 'u want me to take drugs, you take em too'

2) cannabis is THE MOST underrated medicinal drug. google 'marijauna for attention deficit' and read for a while...

Kid, if you read this, consider why your mom wants you on that med. Think of a way to bargain with her that you stop whatever behavior you are doing, and she stops relying on a drug to replace her parenting obligations.
Kid, you are right. These are dangerous, addictive, and harmful drugs.
In order to learn to deal with your emotions, you have to feel them.
We shrink away from the thought of kids smoking pot yet gladly hand over much more dangerous substances as long as a doctor says so.
Can't stand school? Consider homeschool or compuater based school, but realize you must be trustworthy enough to be left at home alone.

Giving anyone drugs without their knowledge is NOT the way to go, kid, and will NOT get adults to listen to you.

Give me a break. As a mother of a child who has been on Adderall for a few years, I know that it takes a few days to even get into your system. WHO called the cops on this child??? She was not in any danger and she knows it. Shame on you, lady