5LI: ADHD Drug Cheats 06 FEB 2011




5 live Investigates show

Summary: School teachers claim children are being prescribed powerful drugs which they say they don't need. The youngsters concerned have been diagnosed with ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - a potentially serious condition, which affects thousands of families across Britain. But teachers claim in some cases the system is being abused by unscrupulous parents who push to have their children treated because it allows them to claim disability benefits. Also: the family who caught the wrong train to London, and are now being hounded through the courts for £6,000. And the publishers selling books which consist entirely of articles copied from the internet.