Monday, February 16, 2004
Must Read
For any of you wondering about ADD, ADHD, and Ritalin, check out this article at Policy Review.
My favorite quote: "How has it come to pass that in fin-de-siècle America, where every child from preschool onward can recite the "anti-drug" catechism by heart, millions of middle- and upper-middle class children are being legally drugged with a substance so similar to cocaine that, as one journalist accurately summarized the science, "it takes a chemist to tell the difference"? "
Link via the Evangelical Outpost.
Update: By the way, on the ADD questionnaire at the end, I got a 60 out of 100, which will surprise no one who knows me.
My favorite quote: "How has it come to pass that in fin-de-siècle America, where every child from preschool onward can recite the "anti-drug" catechism by heart, millions of middle- and upper-middle class children are being legally drugged with a substance so similar to cocaine that, as one journalist accurately summarized the science, "it takes a chemist to tell the difference"? "
Link via the Evangelical Outpost.
Update: By the way, on the ADD questionnaire at the end, I got a 60 out of 100, which will surprise no one who knows me.
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