I saw the ADHD thread and is certainly sounded like normal healthy inquisitive kids were being chemically supressed - NICE!..... Woulnd't happen here unless the kids was a danger to themselves or others... the onus would be on the parents or kids... I'm thinking the pharm industry needs to be controled more over there....
The worldwide prevalence of ADHD: is it an American condition?
Diet plays it's part too, my first time in the US I stayed in Michigan for a month, and couldn't eat much... too much sugar coating or fried food, and the MILK - OMG it was dyed I swear to god someone had done something to the milk - it was blue white and lasted a month... its not milk if it last more than 4 days...
.... I was horrified at the supermarked and loads of flurecent coloured kids food... WTF..... hmmm Sorry lets not do the ADHD thing...
Kids here are not as well behaved as they could be here - but that is because of less disciplined and change in parenting style ... it's having a huge impact on kids....
Sounds like you had similar experiences with the whole IQ test thing...