United States: Report Says Medication Use Is Rising for Young Adults with Attention Disorder

“Parents of… children have come to us to express their concern that because of Wi-Fi, children are not only nervous, but have also become malicious. Hypersensitive children ended up at the doctor’s where they were prescribed Ritalin.” : (Ref: article on Swiss study being undertaken of children and adolescents exposed to radiation from wireless devices.) Could this be one of the reasons 1 in 10 adolescents in the United States is now being prescribed medication to treat ADHD?

Report Says Medication Use Is Rising for Adults With Attention Disorder
by Alan Schwarz, The New York Times, 12 March 2014

The number of young American adults taking medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder nearly doubled from 2008 to 2012, according to a report to be released Wednesday by the nation’s largest prescription drug manager.

The drug manager, Express Scripts, which processes prescriptions for 90 million Americans, also found that almost one in 10 adolescent boys were taking medications for the disorder, usually stimulants such as Adderall or Concerta.
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