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...School District will have to get their Ritalin and similar prescription drugs to the...distributed by a trained staff member. Ritalin and similar prescription drugs, such...in the state consumed 3,941 grams of Ritalin in 1999, the ninth-highest per capita...
...person abused the prescription drug Ritalin, said Dr. Michael Severson, pediatrician at Brainerd Medical Center. Ritalin, also known as Methylphenidate...well known today and people who abuse Ritalin and the other similar generic brands...
STILLWATER (AP) -- A woman was sentenced to 10 years probation and fined $500 for stealing students' Ritalin while working as a substitute school health aide. Melissa M. Charon, 32, of Maplewood, also was ordered Thursday by Washington...
...to get high. Examples of prescription drugs are defined as and can include: Uppers, to give people more energy, such as Ritalin, Adderall and Concerta; downers, to calm people down, such as Valium, Xanax and Ativan; and pain killers, to relieve...
...and its prescribed treatment -- Ritalin -- are under scrutiny at the state...pressured into having their children take Ritalin or other drugs. Minnesota has been...aggressive in treating ADD and ADHD with Ritalin and other brain-stimulants, ranking...
...but the researchers said the smaller brain volume does not appear to be related to the use of hyperactivity drugs such as Ritalin, as some parents had feared. The finding could be reassuring to parents in another respect as well: It suggests that hyperactivity...
...Wednesday news conference. ------ RITALIN BILL Minnesota children downed 3,941 grams of Ritalin in 1999, the ninth-highest per capita...behavioral problems before putting them on Ritalin. The bill also would provide $50,000...
...impasse. "I think they might have meant it," Lessard, an Independence Party member from International Falls, said of the misprint. "They think we should all be on Ritalin or something," wisecracked Rep. Dan McElroy, R-Burnsville.
...and attention span, Webster and his doctors told reporters as he sought to explain a charge that he forged prescriptions for Ritalin. He said he used the drug to treat his condition. (Webster was sentenced to five years' probation.) Leon Hart dies Leon...
...attention span, impulsive behavior and difficulty focusing and sitting still. Methylphenidate -- best known under the name Ritalin -- often is prescribed to increase a child's alertness. But current forms of the drug require two or three doses daily...