ADHD Prescription Drug Abuse
A study published in the journal Pediatrics reports that teenage abuse of drugs prescribed for ADHD increased 76 percent from 1998 to 2005. The study was based on calls to poison control centers across the nation. Effects from this abuse can be agitation, rapid heart beat, and dangerously blood pressure.
Many teens and college age students know that taking ADHD medication results in the same effect for persons who do not have attention problems. Low dose stimulant medication increases focus and one’s ability to stay attentive to boring tasks. It has become the drug of choice for studying for exams.
