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laserson
on Jan 30, 2012
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Ritalin Gone Wrong
Wow, 3 million "children". There are over 62 million children in the US. That means almost 5% of all kids are getting medicated...
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=US+population+under+age...
Alex3917
on Jan 30, 2012
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It's worth noting though that three year olds aren't taking these drugs, so the actual rate is more like 9% of kids have ADHD, and a good percentage of those (60%?) are currently taking drugs for it.
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