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A new war over Ritalin

Title: A new war over Ritalin
Date: Wednesday, 10 May 2006
Publisher: Macleans
Author: Danylo Hawaleshka
Main source: macleans.ca

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At first glance, it seemed like a classic David-and-Goliath punch-up: Danielle Lavigueur, a separated mother of two living in Longueuil, on Montreal's South Shore, claims the high school her 12-year-old son Gabriel attends is pressuring her to medicate him with Ritalin for hyperactivity. She refuses to yield to the alleged demand, and eventually someone calls in the Children's Aid Society. Feeling besieged, Lavigueur confides in a friend, who introduces her to Raphaël Huppé, head of research for the Montreal-based National Parents ... [Read the rest at macleans.ca]