What Doctors Don't Tell YouAround five million children in the USA are taking some prescribed stimulant to treat their hyperactivity. The manufacturers are now turning to Europe in general, and the UK in particular,
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Using sophisticated brain imaging techniques, US researchers have concluded that Ritalin (methylphenidate), taken by millions of children worldwide, exerts the same effect on the brain as cocaine.
Children as young as two are being prescribed powerful mood-changing drugs such as Prozac and other antidepressants. Although usage usually begins at the age of six and then carries on until the age of 19,
