Argumentative Against Adderall

Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
Argumentative Against Adderall
Meghan L. Gonzales
COH318 Drug Use and Abuse
October 31, 2014
National University

Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
Argumentative Against Adderall
The most highly abused prescription drug in today’s society is dextroamphetamine, or as most people know it as, Adderall. Although this drug is meant to cure Attention Deficit-Hypoactive Disorder, it is unfortunately easily obtained. The statistics for children and teenagers that have been diagnosed with ADHD is around 5 million and they are all between the ages of 6 and 17, and the number is rising drastically (NCHS, 2011). There are no neurological evidences to…show more content…
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