This article in the New York Times has this snippet:
"Peg L. Smith, the chief executive officer of the American Camp Association, a trade group with 2,600 member camps and three million campers, says about a quarter of the children at its camps are medicated for attention deficit disorder, psychiatric problems or mood disorders."
That is not surprising at all. I'll bet that a good 25% of the kids at camp have been stuck there by parents who would rather be doing something other than being parents. Drugging their kids is just one way to avoid the perceived hassle of dealing with them. Sending them to camp is even better.
When I was young my family vacationed together. No camp. I was a lucky boy.
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