Ritalin

A 39-year-old Madawaska man pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to illegally importing drugs commonly known a Ritalin and Xanax.

Maine ranks as one of the highest states in the nation for children and adults diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, according to a new study. Express Scripts, which is one of the biggest pharmacy benefit management firms in the United States, recently found that there was a 35 percent increase across the state of Maine for the treatment of ADD – ranking it fifth in the country.