Nearly 750,000 prescriptions are now being doled out every year for Ritalin and similar drugs - most of them to children.
The surge triggered concerns that children are being unnecessarily drugged as poor discipline is increasingly seen as a medical issue.
Teachers warned today that prescribing calming drugs was often cheaper and easier than 'talking cures' and parenting support.'
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