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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (92420)	11/28/2000 5:12:09 PM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

Maybe just the filthy little urban "blue" spots on the map should succeed. Of course the red spots get to sell you food, energy etc etc etc...

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (92420)	11/28/2000 5:46:09 PM
From: Frank Griffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

You do think we should "succeed" from the union, huh? Where did you go to school?

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (92420)	11/28/2000 8:17:19 PM
From: RON BL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

Ritalin sold in playgrounds FROM JAMES BONE IN NEW YORK A BLACK market has grown up in American playgrounds for the attention-deficit drug Ritalin as children trade the pastel-coloured prescription pills they call “Smarties”. Legitimate use of the stimulant has surged seven-fold in the past decade and it is now taken by almost two million children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. That growth has been accompanied by soaring abuse. Teenagers say that the drug, also known as methylphenidate, can be popped, snorted and even dissolved and injected for a high comparable with a caffeine-jolt or even a slower-acting form of cocaine. Selling for $2 (about £1.40) to $20 a pill on the black market, it is “as easy to get as candy”. A survey of 6,000 Massachusetts children found that nearly 13 per cent of secondary school pupils had used Ritalin without a prescription. Slightly more than 4 per cent of 12- and 13-year-olds admitted doing so. In Wisconsin and Minnesota a third of pupils prescribed attention-deficit drugs were found to have been approached to sell or trade pills. In Chicago two teenagers changed schools after complaining that they were being harassed by classmates. Many children “palm” their pills, pretending to take them so they can then sell them. Some experts fear that the pills, though safe for over-active six-year-olds, could be a “gateway” to marijuana, cocaine and heroin when taken by those who do not need them. The Drug Enforcement Administration found that 30 to 50 per cent of teenagers in drug-treatment centres in Indiana, South Carolina and Wisconsin had used methylphenidate to get high, although not as their principal drug. The trade is so extensive that the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, has begun an inquiry into the theft and sale of Ritalin in schools. Henry Hyde, Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which initiated the investigation, said: “Virtually every data source available confirms . . . the widespread theft, diversion and abuse of Ritalin, and drugs like it.” School nurses and staff are being urged to tighten controls, but those overseeing the administation of prescriptions in school hours may not be above reproach. One head replaced Ritalin with sugar pills and staff have been questioned — and some convicted — over thefts.