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" ... the story of the fastest culture on earth--American culture--and how it has created a nation of people hooked on speed and the stimulant drugs that simulate speed's mind-altering effects ... [An] illuminating investigation of the epidemic of ADD today and its most widely prescribed treatment, the powerful psychostimulant Ritalin ..."--Jacket
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2 editions- Other · English · 2000W.W. Norton · 284 pages · 9780393320251
- Other · English · 1999W.W. Norton · 284 pages · 9780393046854
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