Re: ADHD blamed for illegal drug use and crime

"Anon Poster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:46:22 -0000, "Weyoun the Dancing Borg"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@dancingborg.co.uk> wrote:
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> >"Jasbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3282423.stm>
> >> Wednesday, 19 November, 2003, 02:46 GMT
> >>
> >> CPS plea on hyperactive juveniles
> >>
> >> By Sarah Sturdey
> >> BBC correspondent
> >>
> >> The number of young offenders with Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity
> >> Disorder (ADHD) is increasing, says the Crown Prosecution
Service.
> >
> >no it isnt. it's the fact that kids are allowed to do anything, and
you
> >can't give them a slap to teach them not to. Once they realise
this, they do
> >what they want and then are diagnosed with this "problem". It isn't
a
> >disorder, it's lack of proper parenting in most cases.
>
> Most often only one child has AD/HD in a family with one or more
> normal children, all of whom are brought up in the same
environment.
>
> Work on identifying the genetic factors is already well underway.
I'm
> aware of one such study being conducted at Cambridge Uni.

It's been well under way all over the world for many years.