It might be just time to reseparate boys and girls, and chalk up another defeat for 60's "enlightenment" and "progressivism, man". Boys are completely wimpized by the school system - and the Ritalin is one way that the school State enforces it. But that's about the only thing they enforce. They don't enforce education standards, they don't enforce discipline, and they don't enforce any kinds of coherent social standards. In what I call the Britney Spears/Madonna effect, young girls often dress and act like little sluts and whores, and they're damn proud of it. They are out of control and this nation doesn't seem to A) recognize it B) think it's a bad thing C) want to do something about it.
Separate the sexes in school, and you won't have to drug the boys to behave like girls, and the girls might get bored dressing and acting like sluts for each other. And who knows, they might actually learn something.
But, it'll never happen in our ghetto-ized public school system.
Actually this was done in at least one "ghetto" school, with great success.. and of course the press covered it up as fast as could be.