In a nation full of shocking scandals, this ought to be at the top our our collective outrage. ....... It's not----------The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder

The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder - NYTimes.com:
"He noted that recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the diagnosis had been made in 15 percent of high school-age children, and that the number of children on medication for the disorder had soared to 3.5 million from 600,000 in 1990.
He questioned the rising rates of diagnosis and called them “a national disaster of dangerous proportions.”

“The numbers make it look like an epidemic.
Well, it’s not.
It’s preposterous,” Dr. Conners, a psychologist and professor emeritus at Duke University, said in a subsequent interview.
“This is a concoction to justify the giving out of medication at unprecedented and unjustifiable levels.”