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Many ADHD students are profiting from selling medications

By Staff Writer

A recent article published in the National Post highlights the trend of students with ADHD selling medications to their classmates. Young people use the drugs non-medically in order to obtain energy and focus.

According to the newspaper, many young adults who are prescribed Adderall or Ritalin have extra pills because they do not take their medications on the weekends or days when they do not have classes. The excess tablets are sometimes sold for between $5 and $10, the news source explained.

One University of Toronto psychiatrist told the news provider that about 25 percent of his patients who have ADHD have admitted to selling their medications to their peers who desire cognitive enhancement.

The results of a recent survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration showed that college students who had taken non-medical Adderall were significantly more likely to have also used marijuana, cocaine or prescription tranquilizers illegally. The poll indicated that 90 percent of full-time undergraduates who had taken the medication for purposes other than ADHD treatment reported that they had engaged in binge drinking within the previous month.

Parents who find that their kids use Adderall or other drugs non-medically may consider enrolling their children in boarding schools for troubled youth.

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