The problem with schools, Adderall, and ADHD

One would think that today's public schools would be on the frontlines in the battle to keep children off drugs. This is simply not the case. In fact, schools are largely responsible for a whole generation of very young children being placed on psychotropic substances, including Adderall and Ritalin. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has classified Ritalin and Adderall as Schedule Two drugs comparable to cocaine.

Fifteen percent of children use Adderall and Ritalin. Over 20 million prescriptions for these stimulants where written in one year to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a mental disorder voted into acceptance in 1987 by the American Psychiatric Association.

In the following year, half a million children in the United States were diagnosed with ADHD Yet, at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Conference on ADHD, the NIH said, "We do not have an independent, valid test for ADHD, and there is no data to indicate that ADHD is due to a brain malfunction".

There are 18 behaviors that some designate as ADHD symptoms yet have no scientific validity. The very same ADHD behaviors are almost identical to the behaviors of a gifted child.

Unfortunately the first diagnosis appears in the schools. Teachers and administrators don't have the knowledge or education to make that determination. It is far easier to drug a child into submission than to address the real cause of the behavioral problems. (Real Truth About Adderal Problems)