![]() Substance use was prevalent among those who misused ADHD medicine in this way. Prior college-based studies have found that a small percentage of students who are legitimately prescribed medication to treat ADHD take more than a normal dose to get high, or combine the medication with alcohol or other drugs to boost a high. “This study is a major wake-up call,” he added. “In some schools there was little to no misuse of stimulants, while in other schools more than 25% of students had used stimulants in nonmedical ways,” said McCabe. An added concern, CNN reports, is abuse of prescription stimulants by their peers.Īccording to a new national study of 230,000 students, “at some middle and high schools across the country, 1 in 4 teens report they’ve abused prescription stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during the year prior.” The study’s lead author, Sean Esteban McCabe, director of the Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, notes the research, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, “found a tremendous, wide range of misuse.” ‘A Wake-Up Call’: ADHD Medication Abuse in Schoolsĭue to a nationwide shortage of ADHD medication, for those who have the neurodevelopmental disorder, it’s been a difficult year. ![]()
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