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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
A bunch of work coming up and I’m not taking Adderall, I’m going to have an attitude that the week is going to suck and am going to wonder how I’ll get through it,” Tim said. “But if I have Adderall, I’m going to think it won’t be that bad. I just need to hunker down and get through it.”As Tim uses the drug, he said his perception of time becomes skewed. He barely notices when he’s been studying for hours on end, which Tim describes as a “nice bonus” of the drug.And just like that, it’s the weekend. Tim can forget about his workload as he enjoys time spent not studying.Until Sunday night, when the whole process is repeated.The illegal purchase and use of prescription stimulants by non-prescribed users is supplied largely by their peers. According to a 2012 study published in the Journal of American College Health, 74 percent of all college nonmedical users get the drug from a friend with a prescription.Students who have a prescription can build what Tim refers to as “excess inventory”—sometimes, prescribed students do not end up taking all of their medicine every week or month (purposefully or coincidentally), and can easily profit by selling the remainder.“I know the guy I get it from buys all of his Adderall and Vyvanse from someone who has a large prescription and didn’t take any of it all summer. He has a ton of pills lying around, and sells them in bulk to my guy, who I buy from–all right on campus,” Tim said.Andrew, a junior in the College of Engineering who uses these medications about once a week, describes them as a fuel that drives his ability to succeed in a particularly demanding major.“I know I could figure out any problem I’m given at this point, but would I? Would I be able to sit there and make that happen?” Andrew asks. “If I’m on Adderall, the answer is ‘yes’.”For Andrew, the intensity of his studies frequently leaves him with too much to do across a complex array of subjects. With the pop of a pill, this whirlwind becomes a concrete and organized schedule that he dives into vigorously.To him, the use of these medications is normal for people in his generation.As students start to relate their academic success to their future, they worry about their performance on exams and papers as well as their
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