25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7 times per week, not prescribed
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Re: 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7 times per week, not prescribed
#2> I just learned from a colleague and it was confirmed by every student I asked, that 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7X/week (not prescribed). And 5-10% do the same w/Modafinil or Armodafanil; 30-35% of students are on amphetamine
Modafinil isn't an amphetamine.
Source is seemingly "anecdata."
And this was posted on Twitter.
Probably not much to see here other than some outrage for attention.
Re: 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7 times per week, not prescribed
#3Are there any studies speculating on long term health effects of kids being addicted to low grade amphetamines? This is a new enough phenomenon that I don’t think there are sufficient data to draw definitive conclusions from.
Re: 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7 times per week, not prescribed
#4FYI the source for this data is "a colleague and... every student I asked".
Re: 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7 times per week, not prescribed
#5Could anyone here tell us about their experience with "study drugs"?
When did this start to become a phenomenon, because it certainly was not in the time and place I studied.
Re: 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7 times per week, not prescribed
#6Some fraction of this is almost certainly due to taking them as an "academic steroid" rather than having a diagnosis for a condition that needs amphetamines. The abuse of these drugs is a very real problem in schools, but some students legitimately need them so it's hard to come up with a blanket policy.
Edit: according to the tweet, all of this is due to recreational or performance enhancing use.
Re: 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7 times per week, not prescribed
#7> I just learned from a colleague and it was confirmed by every student I asked, that 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7X/week (not prescribed). And 5-10% do the same w/Modafinil or Armodafanil; 30-35% of students are on amphetamine Modafinil isn't an amphetamine. Source is seemingly "anecdata." And this was posted on Twitter. Probably not much to see here other than some outrage for attention.
>Modafinil isn't an amphetamine.
Yeah, it isn't. It's a nootropic like caffeine.
Similar effects, lasts longer, doesn't create a dependence. It's arguably better than caffeine, and I can understand its use.
Amphetamine being popular like that is, however, insanity.
Re: 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7 times per week, not prescribed
#8This figure provided is wholly anecdotal and pretty much worthless if not to bring the topic in question. However, it sure is concerning that many consider abusing prescription drugs with possibly severe, long lasting side effects to attempt to improve studying effectiveness (or because of self diagnosed ADHD and the likes..). It may become another drug epidemic, if it's not too late already. Misinformation and dubious claims from people on the internets don't help when the most afflicted group is students trying to improve their grades and performance, desperately at times too.
Re: 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7 times per week, not prescribed
#9Are there any studies speculating on long term health effects of kids being addicted to low grade amphetamines? This is a new enough phenomenon that I don’t think there are sufficient data to draw definitive conclusions from.
Is it new though? Erdős famously took amphetamines all his life. The only drug Tarn Adams (Dwarf Fortress creator) ever tried was meth during his Maths degree. Stims and academia seems like a classic combination to me.
Re: 25% of students age 16-32 take Adderall 1-7 times per week, not prescribed
#10FYI the source for this data is "a colleague and... every student I asked".
"it was confirmed by every student I asked"
Makes it sounds like every student confirmed that 30% of students were taking stims, instead of 30% of students he asked was taking stims.