Shannon Palus

Pills, Pills, Pills: The Growing Concern Around “Study Drugs”

By Shannon Palus “I hate that people take ADHD medications to study,” says Katie Ellston*, halfway through our first round of raspberry blondes on a late summer’s day. She begins telling me about a side of so-called “study drugs” that I had never quite stopped to consider. “I’d give a million dollars not to have to pop a pill every day,” she says. The tale of the student who takes ADD/ADHD medication sans prescription is, to the modern day university student, a familiar one. Alex* finds that these meds improve concentration and keep you up all night, something that is…

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