ADHD and the Meaning of Evidence

If in the future the proponents of ADHD find themselves indicted for inflicting this scourge onto the world, they will surely demand that their accusers bring strong evidence before they are convicted. Rest assured they would complain about rights abuses if they were convicted on circumstantial and hearsay evidence. What an irony that such poor evidence is sufficient to convince them they are right now -- so right in fact, that on hearsay and circumstantial evidence alone they will give addictive and dangerous medicine to children -- some of whom are barely out of infancy Those of us who oppose this outrageous abuse of medical science do not need to justify our position! We do not need to produce evidence that ADHD does NOT exist any more than we need to produce evidence that Santa Claus does not exist. The proponents need to answer these questions.

o What is the etiology of ADHD?
o Where is the hard evidence?
(objective, scientific and empirically validated)
o If it is actually a disease, why is no one looking for a CURE?

In the lack of coherent answers to these questions, ADHD is a belief system only, like believing in fairies or Santa Claus -- not a disease or any other kind of medical condition.

Copyright (c) Barry Turner BA MPhil

The author of this article is a Lecturer in Legal Studies in Forensic Science in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK, Criminal Litigator and Mental Health Law Consultant.

The author of The ADHD Report is Bob Collier, a stay-at-home father of two, a home educator, and the publisher of Parental Intelligence – “The world’s No.1 email newsletter for thinking parents”. You can subscribe here.

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