Growth Suppression Caused by Stimulants

For many years in many books and articles, I have made the point that the stimulants cause a persistent suppression of height and weight (e.g., 

As a result of professional resistance to the facts about stimulant-induced growth suppression, very few young patients and their parents have been informed in advance that stimulant drugs will shorten the height and reduce the weight of the children. 

The growth-suppression effects of stimulants are not due primarily to loss of appetite, as many doctors have proposed. Instead, it has been known for decades that stimulants impact on the brain and pituitary gland to disrupt growth hormone production (Aarskog et ah, 1977 studies evaluated in Breggin, 1991c, 2001c). 

Stimulants cause permanent abnormalities in brain chemistry and anatomy. Even after only one or two doses, they impair metabolism and blood 

Not only do the stimulants damage and disable the brain, but scientific research has also demonstrated how these physical disabilities are manifested in behavior changes. The stimulants impair behavior by crushing spontaneity and inducing compulsive behaviors. The less spontaneous, more compulsive children are seen as improved when in fact they are biologically and mentally impaired. The effect of the stimulants provides a clear-cut illustration of the brain-disabling principles described in chapter 1. 

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