Part 3: Are we medicating a disorder or treating boyhood as a disease? - The Globe and ... - 18 views
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Last year, more than two million prescriptions for Ritalin and other ADHD drugs were written specifically for children under 17, and at least 75 per cent of them were for young males. Part 3 of a 6-part series.
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taking a drug for attention deficit disorder each morning has become as commonplace as downing a vitamin.
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prescriptions for Ritalin and other amphetamine-like drugs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder shot up to 2.9 million in 2009, a jump of more than 55 per cent in four years.
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