Christina Perasso 20' (newspaper) This source from the American Journal of Psychiatry by Damian Mcnamara describes how the different ages of patients with ADHD play a role as to why ADHD stimulants are continuing to rise. Differences in geographic location, insurance, and ethnicity also have an impact on the usage of ADHD stimulants. For adolescents in the United States in 1996, the use of stimulants including methylphenidate, pemoline, and dextroamphetamine grew 2.4 percent to 3.5 percent in 2008. Researchers even found that approximately 2.8 million young individuals announced that they were taking at least one stimulant. Along with this, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey has found that children ranging from ages six to twelve are taking the most stimulants. Even though the use of treating ADHD with stimulants increased between racial and enthic minority groups, the rate stayed lower than children who are not Hispanic, partly because parents who are colored...