The ideas so simple: Just pop a bill and become Encyclopedia Brown. Hate to break it to you, but thats not how it works. Adderall and Ritalin are prescription medications for a reason. For one thing, they take weeks of regular use before they are properly metabolized for use by the brain: One pill a few hours before class wont suddenly increase your cognitive ability.In addition to delayed or nonexistent "benefits," the abuse of ADHD medications is associated with a wide range of side effects, the La Voz article noted. The abuse of ADHD pills and other prescription medications is approaching epidemic levels in the United States, and is causing many young people to require the types of comprehensive services that are offered in residential rehab centers for teens.
-- Source: La Voz Weekly (De Anza College, Calif.)
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