Abstract
<h3>In Reply.</h3> —What follows is a sequential, point-by-point response to concerns about the "subtextual implications" of our study raised by Drs Vatz and Weinberg. The anti-Ritalin campaign of 1987 through 1989 was fueled primarily by the Church of Scientology.<sup>1,2</sup>Dr Barkley<sup>3</sup>reported that Church of Scientology "propaganda" claimed that "Ritalin was a dangerous and addictive drug often used as a chemical straitjacket to subdue normally exuberant children because of intolerant educators, parents, and money hungry psychiatrists." Dr Barkley, a child psychologist and behaviorist, concluded that these media statements against Ritalin were "dramatic, exaggerated, and unfounded."<sup>3</sup>Bass, a science reporter for the Boston<i>Globe</i>, referring also to the media blitz, noted in 1988 that "in newspapers, television, and radio accounts, Ritalin is often depicted as a dangerous drug being forced on millions of innocent children."<sup>2</sup> Most drug-sensitive hyperactive children did not do well when taken off stimulant
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