NSW is now the place for parents to get hard drugs for their children as taxpayer-subsidised prescriptions of Ritalin soared 43% to 162,692 in 2007. The Royal Australian College of Physicians has controversially recommended training teachers to look for evidence of ADHD in students. Schools love this proposal as it will mean more money. However, Dr Linda Graham, a senior researcher in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Sydney University, said the approach would encourage teachers “to a