November 29, 2010

Repeating a Lie Creates Big Business

[From article]
"one of the most aggressive, lucrative, bewildering and often just plain useless sales forces humanity has ever seen - call it the ADHD-industrial complex.
[. . .]
The ADHD industry's exuberance matches the vulnerability of its target market: millions of desperate parents who, given the strongly hereditary nature of ADHD, are often just as distracted and impulsive as their progeny."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/19/AR2010111906511.html

For ADHD, lots of snake oil, but no miracle cure
By Katherine Ellison
Washington Post
Sunday, November 21, 2010

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