April 15, 1998

Attorney General--Janet Reno
950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20530

Dear Madam Attorney General,

The single, biggest heath care fraud in US history-the representation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to be an actual disease, and the drugging of millions of entirely normal American children, as "treatment," is spreading like a plague-still. That ADHD is wholly devoid of validity as a disease, a medical syndrome or, anything biologic or organic, is the pivotal element of the fraud.

The public at large and every individual as a health care consumer, has been lead by an expensive, persistent, disinformation campaign, to believe that ADHD is an actual brain "disease," "chemical imbalance," "psychiatric disorder," "neurobiological disorder" and that the children are "abnormal," "diseased," "disabled" and in need of treatment (usually methylphenindate--Ritalin, or amphetamine--Adderal or Dexedrine, pemoline-Cylert, or one or more antidepressants or psychotropic drugs otherwise). This being the case, patients, almost without exception, are deprived of an honest, scientific portrayal of the risk/benefit ratio and of their informed consent rights.

The issues of the fraud are set forth in the three documents I have enclosed, (1) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) and Hyperkinetic Disorder (HKD):There is no Disease-The Children are Normal (11 pages, with bibliography), (2) ADHD as Fraud, Malpractice, Assault & Battery (5 pages), and (3) The Future of Mental Health: Radical Changes Ahead (3 pages).

I thank you for your attention to this most urgent matter concerning the well-being of America's children (the US consumes 90% of the world's supply of methylphenindate-Ritalin, giving 90% of it to our children).

I will gladly provide more information, if that is needed. I am prepared to testify to the substance of what I have charged, under oath.

Sincerely yours, Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD
1303 Hidden Mountain Dr.
El Cajon, CA 92019
e-mail: fred-alden@worldnet.att.net cc: President Clinton
cc: Senator Dale Bumpers
cc: Senator Paul Wellstone
cc: Senator Pete Domenici
cc: Senator Tom Harkin
cc: Senator Bill Frist
cc: Senator Jeff Sessions
cc: Senator Don Nickles.
cc: Rep. Duncan Hunter
cc: Rep. Marion Berry
cc: Rep. Vic Snyder
cc: Rep Asa Hutchinson
cc: Rep. Jay Dickey
cc: Rep. Chris Shays
cc: Rep. Randy Cunningham
cc: Rep. Bill Goodling
cc: Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
cc: Rep. William M. Thomas
cc: Rep. Peter Hoekstra
cc: Rep. Ann Northup/

July 25, 1998

Attorney General, Janet Reno
950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20530

Dear Attorney General Reno,

I have written your office on two occasions--4/15/98 and 6/4/98.

I provided irrefutable evidence (including the 'confession' of Dr. F.X. Castellanos of the NIMH of 5/13/98) that the psychiatric 'disease' known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not a disease or anything biologic or organic, but rather, a colossal fraud. Prescriptions of amphetamines (mostly Ritalin) for this 'invention' of psychiatry, in league with the pharmaceutical industry, are now in the range of 12 million per year.

I am aware of another quite credible fraud referral to your office, specifically on the issue of 'ADHD: Is it a disease or isn't it?'

Why have I had no response from your office in all these months? That we give our own children-US children-90% of the world's supply of Ritalin, as 'treatment' for this fraudulent 'disease' is a national disgrace and demands immediate attention, if not from your office, then from some other office or agency of the federal government.

Sincerely yours,

Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD
1303 Hidden Mountain Drive
El Cajon CA 92019

cc Duncan Hunter, MC
133 Cannon Bldg.
Washington, DC 20505-0552

cc Dr. Donna Shalala, Secretary Department of Health and Human Services
2000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201

You can visit Dr Baughman's home page:
http://home.att.net/~fred-alden/