Jane Kelley wrote it for John Prather to answer..
  How about this one....
 JP> JK> Just what in blue blazes do you think "selective breeding" is all
 JP> JK> about, John, if not to attempt to provide some form of mutation or
 JP> JK> change in the genetic makeup of some animal or plant?
 
 JP>I agree that selective breeding is the selective addition or
 JP>retraction of certain mutant strains in a species.  I doubt that the
 JP>adhd strain is recent though.
 JK> The copy of the DSM III I have costs me around $15.  The DSM IV is
 JK> four times as large and costs around $45.  The increase in mental
 JK> health diagnoses seems to concur with the increase of drug use in this
 JK> nation. 
 JK> We don't like to think of genetic mutation in this nation, we avoid
 JK> doing so at all cost.  Including that of the well being of our
 JK> children. 
We spew petro chemicals into the air, poison the water, chemically
treat the food, we define what were once identified as personality
as mental disorders and you want to blame beneficial drugs on
"genetic mutations" in the human race.  ADHD has been around
forever.  It was tolerated and fit many rolls in society.  The
problem is that the rolls that it fit are becoming fewer and fewer.
As far as the mutations go, your statements are far too general and
unsupported by any research.   What drugs, what mutations, which
drug causes which mutation.  You are grasping at straws here.
UH!  What is the DSM III and DSM IV.  What does it have to do with
the management of ADHD and parenting of ADHD kids.
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