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Re:The Drugging of the American Boy (2014) by ynniv on Monday March 05, 2018 @10:00AM (#16521440)
Chriky is confused because "percentile" has a specific meaning, and "below the 99th percentile" means everyone except the top 1%. The GP meant to say "lower than 99%", which is the 1st percentile.
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Re:The Drugging of the American Boy (2014) by BugsJustFindMe on Monday March 05, 2018 @02:36PM (#16523704)
An assertion that ADHD medication causes first percentile height/weight is also terribly absurd.
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Re:The Drugging of the American Boy (2014) by Chriky on Monday March 05, 2018 @05:36PM (#16525212)
Yeah... especially as it's apparently given to significantly more than 1% of children!
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