Nursery World - Quote of the week (121)

'We need to stop turning our schools into warehouses for amphetamines. Schools have become modern-day prisons with children drugged for purposes of social control' the late Professor Steve Baldwin of Teesside University on the prescribing of Ritalin for children diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, The Herald

the late Professor Steve Baldwin of Teesside University on the prescribing of Ritalin for children diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, The Herald

'The benefits of Ritalin are outstanding. I can give you 30 children whose lives have been transformed by it'

Dr Sam Tucker, a Harley Street paediatrician, The Herald

'Ritalin should be banned. It is a dangerous drug. It is just a method of getting children under control'

Dr Edward Hamlyn, a founding member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, The Herald

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