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Show af The SaltLake Tribune Kids Buy ang Sell Ritalin-Type Drugs Prescriptions becoming popular party pills BY MARTHAIRVE Abusing Stimulants f ASSOCIATED PRESS Health officials are concerned She had noidea she had a with a trend of young people misusing stimulants that are iven to treat attention deficit disorder were just leftovers, until a friend from NewYork called to ask if she'd mail out a just for fun The woman, a 29-year-old San Diego resident, did not do it. But she and herfriends were intrigued. “Wesaid, ‘We shouldjust try it. It could be fun,’” says the usedto treat attention deficit disorder. A survey of students; ages 11 to 18, suggeststhat many young people seekto obtain ADD medication without a prescription. Students taking medication for ADD were asked which medication they weretaking, Ritalin Multiple drugs 44.0% 21,0% woman who, on the condition that she not be named, told how they: partied on the drug once this summer and again in September. Dexi: drine 13.0% In thiscase,the stimulant of choice was Adderall, an am- Cylert phetamine. Others use meth- 2.0% 8.0% Other Don't know 0% ylphenidate, anotherattentiondeficit. drug more widely known byone of its brand names:Ritalin. Whatever the type, authorities are concerned about ADD 4.0% The samestudents were asked how frequently they were approached to sell or trade their medication. Atleast as frequently a users sponse Guideto Street Drugs.” * Users often crush thepills and snort them to--get a eocaine-like rush. Walton says he also has foundyouths whofrequent the rave dance-party scene “stacking” the drug Ecstasy withRitalin to try and prolong their high. Hecalls the practice “alarming.” Reports of ADD. stimulant abusecontinueto surfacein this country, too. They include the case of two rural teens arrested in January for stealing $9,700 worth of drugs, including Ritalin and amphetamines, from a pharmacyin tiny Lacon, Ill. 8!In March,11 sixth-graders in Scituate, R.I., were suspended for buying and selling pre$cription drugs, including Adderall and Concerta, a newer form of methylphenidate. Surveys of young people — from Massachusetts to the Midwest — also have documentedthe trend. One of them, published in ‘ 11% Theé sociatedPress this month’s Psychologyin the Schools journal, focused on 651 students, ages 11 to 18, from Wisconsin andMinnesota. Researchers found that more than a thirdof students who took attention-deficit medication said they had been asked to sell or trade their drugs. And more than half of students who were not prescribed the medication they knewstudents who§ away orsold their medication. "ve beentrying to tell ar one whowilllister Wil- liam Frankenberger, studycoauthor and a psychology pro- fessor at the Unive Wisconsin-EauClaire. don't ré are — andthatthesimilar between them and cocaine are much. greater than the differenc rrance Woodworth, deputy director of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s diversion control office, says the age range of users. is expanding. “The kids who were abusing in junior high and highschool are. now in college,” Woodworthsays. Leading Demos Push For Education Funds BY GREG TOPPO THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS this year on elementary and secondaryeducation. Dave Schnittger, spokes- WASHINGTON — The na- manfor Rep. John Boehner, Rtion’s economic ,downturn is Ohio, chairman of the House forcing states to cutbillionsof. Education and the Workforce dollars from their education Committee, said the bill isn’t budgets and leading congres- just about money. “To simply provide massive sional Democrats to push for more federal education newfunding increases without spending. Democrats, led by Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Rep. George Miller of California, cite an expected $11.3 billion shortfall in state education budgets in fiscal 2002. Congressional analysts compiled thefigures from state budgetoffices. Their report was beingreleased today. “The faltering economy is putting at risk the advance- providing red-tape relief for schools andinsisting on better results’ would be fundamentally unfair to the next generation of Americanchildren,” he said. David Shreve of the National Conference of State Leg- islatures said he doubts the money included in the education bill will help much. “The problem is that the money that they have is very ments that many states are makingto improvethe quality of their educational systems,” Millersaid. limited, has too many strings = dates more state testing and Negotiators are workingto Teconcile differences in education bills approved by the Houseandthe Senate. ‘The Republican-controlled House proposes about $24bil- lion in spending. The Senate, run by Democrats, wants $33 billion, The federal governmentis spending $18.4 billion and hasa great deal of bureaucracy,” Shrevesaid. Hesaid thebill, which mandata reporting, would require states to spend more to maintain theirfederal funding. David Griffith of the National Association of State Boardsof Educationsaidstates support the Democrats’ bidfor money. “States are under the gun right now,” he said, Florida Ballot Boxes Auctioned Off ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘WEST PALM BEACH,Fla. ‘— Collectors from around the ‘world logged onto an Internet ‘auction to grab 519 of Palm Beach County's infamous vot- ting machines that were at the ‘heart of the 2000 presidential ‘election debacle, ‘The county hadoffered 3,594 ‘of the machines on eBay. The fate of theleftovers is unc!lear, Shoppers from as far away “as Englahd and Antarctica bid a minimum Of $300 and received the notorious butterfly ballot, sample punch cards, a plaque andcertificate of authenticity, plus “any chad which are in the machinefrom previouselections.” A premier $600 package included a genuine ballot box. 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