“I’ve seen more straight talk and balance in Viagra commercials.” Theron Bowers, M.D., on a 60 Minutes story about Adderal and Ritalin use among college students that began with perky Katie Couric asking “If there were a drug that would make you smarter, would you take it?”

I may be influenced in this by Errol Beumel, whose mental problems, exacerbated by Adderal addiction, ended with him systematically unloading a clip into his school teacher father.