[pray4liberty]

These kids are hyperactive because they don't get enough exercise! P.E. is being cut, recess is being cut. In the "old days" students ran relay races before class started. Boys got an extra lap around the schoolyard. This took care of hyperactivity; everybody was too pooped to get up and run around in class.

Can't do that now. Some kid may trip over his toes and the school will get sued.

[tsomer]

"Along with those government investigations, Waters and Kraus, a Texas law firm known for litigating cases involving asbestos and tobacco-related lung cancers, has filed three ADHD-related class action lawsuits during the past year. The most recent suit claims Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation and its predecessor, Ciba-Gigy Corporation, "planned, conspired and colluded to create, develop and promote the diagnosis of Deficit Disorder to increase the market for its product Ritalin.

Just in case anyone's interested in what this is really about.