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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week that nearly one-fifth of high school-age boys have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Doctors eventually medicate two-thirds of them. The diagnoses represent a 41 percent increase over the last decade. The primary gateway drug for teenagers isn’t marijuana or beer. It’s prescription medication. As the New York Times piece breaking this story points out, feeding a child a daily diet of Ritalin increases the chances of dependency, anxiety, and psychosis. Sports once channeled the energy of testosterone-fueled teens. Now our overprotective culture complains of the dangers of...

Dangerous Boys http://livingthegrandlife.blogspot.com/2007/06/dangerous-boys.html http://tinyurl.com/yrbdac Tuesday, June 19, 2007 You have read the stories in the news. (car fires & more) Police are seeking information about a spate of vehicle fires north and west of Lincoln Park early Sunday morning. Eleven vehicles and a Dumpster were set ablaze between 4 and 6:10 a.m I’ll make a prediction. When they catch the culprits it will turn out to be an informal gang of unsupervised boys looking for trouble. Even if I’m wrong in this instance, we’ve seen this kind of thing before. Windows broken or mailboxes randomly destroyed for “the fun of...