The Epidemic of Attention Deficit Disorder: Real or Fad?

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The Epidemic of Attention Deficit Disorder: Real or Fad?
Attention Deficit Disorder is now 2 or 2 times more common than it was just 20 years ago. A recent study reported that a whopping 10% of kids in the general population would qualify for the diagnosis. There has also been an incredible explosion in the use of medication in treating it.
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Cancer Drug Use and Spending to Rise Sharply by 2013
ORLANDO, Fla., May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Expensive new cancer drugs treating increasing numbers of patients could drive cancer drug spending by as much as 15 percent a year through 2013. At this accelerated rate, oncology drugs will likely rise to the second or third largest trend-driving category by 2015, following only diabetes and central nervous system (CNS) treatments, according to the …
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Prescription Pill Theft at CVS Pharmacy
Prescription drug abusers will do just about anything to get their hands on medications. For one Lake City man, police say it meant stealing from a CVS pharmacy while on the job. Whether the pills are used for a personal addiction, resell on the streets, or both, it’s a growing epidemic that’s n . . .
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Coming Sunday: Crime, drug trafficking draw attention to border

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Coming Sunday: Crime, drug trafficking draw attention to border
AUSTIN – Perhaps no place in America is more talked about and more misunderstood than the southern border with Mexico.
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Mexico’s former foreign minister speaks about drug war in Reynosa
Mexico’s former Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda was in Reynosa today where he criticized Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s war on drugs and the possibility of legalizing drugs south of the border.
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Montebello driven out to Mexican drug heartland, where mayor was slain
Fr Makr Montebello describes his three-month period of reflection in Saltillo a “privilege”. Church sends outspoken Dominican priest Fr Mark Montebello to Mexican drug war heartland, Saltillo.
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