Adderall: Questions And Answers

When growing up, nothing is more frustrating then giving your best effort in your school work and continuously being unsuccessful. The effect it can have on a child is very damaging. Students may feel inadequate and non-intelligent in the classroom setting growing up, not to mention, being confused all at the same time about why school is such an ongoing battle for them. Why are these children trying so hard and never having any success? It is more and more common today; more than ever we see children having these problems inside and outside of classrooms all over the world. Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can become very problematic in a child’s

Finals week remains a stressful time for college students. A student may have three to five tests in a matter of four days. However, these tests, unlike most, can be worth up to twenty percent of a semester grade. That is a great amount of pressure on a student. With about six hours of sleep a night, eighteen hours of study never seems like enough. Then again, there may be a solution that allows the student to focus on the study so eighteen hours is enough. Better yet, maybe sleep is unnecessary. This is a reality for the 6.4 percent of college students that use unprescribed Adderall. College students all over the country take Adderall everyday to improve performance in school.

The use of Adderall is steadily increasing everywhere and ex-specially in colleges. Students are continually pushed and pushed by the people and the things in their life’s that are driving them to be in school and to maintain certain grades to achieve their goals. With all this presser to do good in

This paper will look into one of the most commonly used and sought for drugs found on college campuses in the world today. Adderall and other forms of the “smart drug” have become more and more popular when it comes to students and young professionals trying to get an advantage. It will discuss both the positive and negative side effects of taking these smart pills along with the specific affects/reasons for ingesting them whether they are prescribed or not.

Adderall is most commonly administered orally for absorption in the gut, aided by taking the drug combined with lipids; food does not affect absorption as it does with most drugs, including Ritalin, the other drug often prescribed for ADHD. Onset occurs after three hours. After absorption, it is metabolized in the kidneys, with acidic diet speeding up the rate of metabolism. In general, the half life is approximately 10 hours. Depot binding lowers bioavailability.

As the saying goes “Desperation can make a person do surprising things.” Not just in America but all around the world, getting accepted and attending a recognized college is almost impossible to achieve. In the United States College students have been subjected to an extremely competitive environment. The pressure to being successful can be almost unbearable because there isn’t a human being that’s perfect. Right now there are millions of students staring at their final exam review feeling hopeless due to the load of work. Willing to do whatever it takes to pass it. There is an alarming but popular trend among college campuses. It’s being used as today’s college steroid. According to a recent study from Brigham Young University, “Adderall is the most commonly abused prescription stimulant among college students” (Hanson et al.). A large number of students are wrongly using a very potent prescription medication called Adderall or known by students as the “study drug.” Adderall is well recognized drug or specifically known as a neuroenhancing drug which stimulates the brain to perform better. According to The Office of Alcohol and Drug Education at the University of Notre Damen, Adderall was first introduced around the late 90’s and approved by the Food and Drug administration as an alternative to Ritalin, another stimulant, which last twice as long than Ritalin.

The prevalence data cannot paint the entire picture of Adderall abuse on college campuses without accounting for correlates that change the frequency of Adderall use. One study performed by Sean McCabe et al., identified two links between the frequency of Adderall abuse and the university a student attended. The first association found by McCabe et al. was a connection between the admission criteria of the university and the frequency of Adderall abuse that was present. The study found that the past-year abuse rate of Adderall was 1.3% at less competitive universities, 4.5% at competitive universities, and 5.9% at the most competitive universities (McCabe et al., 2005). These results led McCabe and his colleagues to conclude that there was

The misuse of "study drugs" can lead to addiction. In the article “Adderall Abuse Alters Brain, Claims a Young Life," Susan Donaldson James claims that, "Adderall, is a highly addictive drug that works' on the brain like cocaine or methamphetamine" (James 7). This point, which is supported by research shows people that Adderall is as addictive and dangerous as mainstream drugs. If someone takes Adderall without ADHD, they risk addiction because Adderall has the same effects on the brain as cocaine or meth. This argument proves that the addiction of Adderall is as severe as typical drugs. James then claims that "study drugs" trick’s the brain to think that it does not need to make dopamine (James 8). This statement, supported by a research done

Objective: Assess the occurrence of non-medical use and abuse of prescription drugs among college students.

to question if the ban on “study drugs” is really the answer to the problem. It discusses how some believe study drugs to be “cheating,” in school, similar to how its not fair to take steroids in sports. (summary) This article is helpful to me because it gives a different look into adderall and what all it is made up to be. (relevance)

There are many Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medications in the pharmaceutical world. All ADHD medications have their differences and similarities. Two of the most popular and widely-used medications to treat ADHD are Adderall and Concerta. These two medications are very similar in producing the same effect on a person with ADHD; however, these medications are made very differently. These medications today are in high demand because the number of ADHD diagnoses is increasing in people today. As of 2011 11% of children ages 4-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD. Kids who are diagnosed with ADHD will most likely take Adderall, Concerta or any other ADHD medication for the rest of their life.,

According to the following articles; "Retailers Pan Democrats' Proposal To Raise State Sales Tax" by Stephen singer, “The efficiency of market and the cost of Taxation” in Dirk Mateer and Lee Coppock’s, Principles of Macroeconomics 2nd ed.,"How Sales and Excise Taxes Work", "Most Americans live in States with Variable-Rate Gas Taxes", "How Long Has it Been Since Your State Raised its Gas Tax", and "Building a Better Gas Tax" from, www.itepnet.org and www.ctj.org, the authors informs the reader about the consequences the government's decision to increase gasoline prices and high state sales tax to fix transportation systems in Connecticut can have a negative impact on the lives of low income family. In Stephen singer’s article, Connecticut

Drivers realize that the price of gas is tied to the market value of crude oil, and has a direct impact to their daily commutes, errands, and vacations. However the reality is that the price of fuel has implications much grater than most consumers realize. Fuel prices affect nearly everything we purchase. For example, the price of farm commodities and food increase because farmers pay more for the fuel for their farm equipment and trucking firms pay more for fuel to get the commodities to market. These shipping “fuel surcharges” impact all goods

The US consumed 142 billion gallons of gasoline in 2007 and the tax applied on it is 18. 4 cents on one gallon. All around the US, there are around 162,000 retail gasoline outlets. With the price of crude oil hovering around $100 a barrel, it is no wonder that concern is growing about the gas prices being so high. After all, modern economies are kept moving by this lifeblood. For instance, in the United States alone personal vehicles consume more than 140 billion gallons of diesel fuel and gasoline per year.However, there are several factors that contribute to the gas prices being so high. Given below are a few of them. Increasing Demand for Oil One of the main catalysts for the incessant rise in gas prices has been one of the most

As previously mentioned, politicians and economists have been running through lists of hypothetical methods to help citizens adjust and survive with the increase in gasoline prices. One idea proposed in early 2008 by republican John McCain and democrat Hilary Clinton was a gas tax holiday for the summer of 2008. This tax holiday would serve as a temporary price ceiling of zero dollars on gas taxes. Sounds like a nice idea, huh? Well, most economists did not support this idea and saw it only as “a direct transfer of money from motorists to oil companies (Alter, 2008).” It was believed that the tax holiday would only encourage oil companies to raise gas prices to compensate for the taxes taken out by the holiday. Furthermore, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials claim that only $30 would be saved by cutting out taxes for this short period. The nation’s roads and highways would suffer the most because cutting the taxes means cutting the funds to America’s roads. In addition, about 300,000 construction jobs would be lost because of the lack of funds to the repair of roads and highways. Therefore, while it may have sounded like a nice idea, it was really just a $30 credit traded for 300,000 jobs. Does not sound like a very efficient trade off since our economy would only suffer further from such as dramatic increase in unemployment for a few measly dollars. (Williams,