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The use of drugs to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) skyrocketed between 1993 and 2003, according to a study in “Health Affairs.” The prescription of such drugs nearly quadrupled, while global spending on them increased by a factor of nine.

What you need to know - Conventional View
• Between 1993 and 2003, the use of medications to treat ADHD increased by 274 percent.

• Eighty-three percent of the increase in spending on ADHD drugs took place in the United States. The United States, Canada, and Australia all prescribed the drugs at rates higher than the global average.

• In the United Kingdom, where differences in neurological development are more likely to be seen as a part of natural human variation, prescriptions of ADHD medications still grew by 12.3 percent between 1999 and 2003, with spending increasing by 30.8 percent.

• ADHD is claimed to be a persistent and chronic neurological disorder, the primary symptoms of which are hyperactivity, poor attention span, and low impulse control. There is no biological or physiological test to diagnose ADHD.

• There is no “cure” for ADHD, but a variety of medications are used to treat the symptoms. Study leader Richard Scheffler, of the University of California-Berkeley, said that one in 25 children and adolescents in the United States is currently taking ADHD medication.

• Quote: “ADHD could become the leading childhood disorder treated with medications across the globe.” - Richard Scheffler

What you need to know - Alternative View
Statements and opinions by Mike Adams, author of Natural Health Solutions and the Conspiracy to Keep You From Knowing About Them

• ADHD is a fictitious disease invented by drug companies to sell patented chemicals to children.

• The rise in ADHD prescriptions is based entirely on the marketing of the disease and has nothing to do with evidence-based medicine.

• ADHD symptoms can be alleviated in as little as two weeks with simple dietary changes such as avoiding processed foods, additives and sugary beverages.

Resources you need to know
• See Dr. Fred Baughman at http://www.adhdfraud.org

• Download the free interview with Dr. Baughman at http://www.naturalhealthlibrary.com

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By the year 2013, nearly every American will be outfitted with a new digital ID card, according to a recent Bush administration announcement. Opponents of this legislation have been advising states to publicly oppose a system that is insufficient in protecting privacy and strips people of their identity.

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What you need to know - Conventional View
• The Real ID Act is controversial legislation intended to deter terrorism by establishing national standards for state-issued identification cards.

• The Bush administration is expected to sign an $82 billion military spending bill that will, in part, create electronically readable, federally approved ID cards for all Americans.

• The U.S. State Department soon will begin issuing passports with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips embedded in them.

• This announcement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security offers a five-year extension to the deadline for states to issue these ID cards.

• Homeland Security plans to issue RFID devices to foreign visitors who enter the country through Canada or Mexico.

• Homeland Security is considering standardizing a “unique design or color for Real ID licenses” in order to create a uniform national ID card, according to CNET News.

• A national database of digital ID cards is being proposed to include the details of all 240 million drivers’ licenses in the U.S.

• Real IDs will include the driver’s home address and other personal information printed on the front, and in a two-dimensional bar code on the back.

• States must submit a plan on how they’ll comply with the Real ID Act by October 2007, or their residents will not be able to board planes or enter federal buildings starting in May 2008.
• Some state governments have stated their opposition to the Real ID Act, with at least eight states (including Arizona, Georgia, and Vermont) approving anti-Real ID bills by one or both chambers of the legislature.