This is another in a series of blogs looking at the highly-addictive prescription medication Adderall. For those of you unfamiliar with the drug, although is getting harder by the minute, Adderall is a stimulant prescribed to help those with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The reason many people are becoming addicted to it is because it help them focus. This is especially true for high school and college students looking to stay up late and finish their term papers or cram for their exams.
As a recovering drug addict I openly admit to using the available drugs back when I was in college. My study aid of choice graduated from coffee as a freshman to the Black Beauty for my final three years. Of course this was about 30 years ago. Had Adderall been available back then, I most likely would have tried it, and most-likely became addicted to it. That said, I can understand why kids use it and become addicted to it.
My question is – how can we keep them from ever experimenting with it?
Would mandatory drug classes beginning in late middle school, perhaps an 8-hour online drug class that could be taken from the computer lab at most middle schools help provide a key in the battle against stimulant experimentation?