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The 20th Century has brought us many miracles with the use of modern day medicines, but I’m here to show you that medicine is not always the cure for every problem and in some cases can even be damaging. I’m doing my speech on a drug that is being abused and over-prescribed! Ritalin is the drug I am referring to. As I was looking for information on this topic I came across an interesting Headline. “ Boy apparently dies from long-term Ritalin use”. One afternoon Mathew Smith, who had been taking Ritalin for 10 years, collapsed while playing with his skateboard. It was March 21st when he was pronounced dead just a short time after he had collapsed in front of his house. Mathew Smith was only 14 years old when he died, and if you do the math, since he had been taking Ritalin for 10 years, he was 4 years old when first prescribed this medicine. Medical Examiner Ljubisa Dragovic concluded that Mathew had a heart attack due to the long-term use of Ritalin. Ritalin is a medicine, which is prescribed for At