Adderall does not teach you calculus
USINFO | 2013-09-23 13:19

Sonia Tews was overwhelmed. She was paying for her own education while working 30 hours week and, at one point, spent as many as 14 hours on campus six days a week.
 
Tews, a 2011 graduate of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis who majored in civil engineering, “needed a bump” and that’s when she took Adderall.
 
Earlier this week, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said he wants colleges to crackdown on students’ use of prescription stimulants, such as Adderall or Ritalin, to achieve academic excellence — also known as “academic doping.”
 
Tews doesn’t fit the profile of most academic dopers as she only used the drug twice throughout her entire college career. Her underlying motivation, however, highlights the main reason for Adderall’s appeal.
 
“I could get done in two hours what would take four or five without it,” she says.
 
Two experts who have done extensive research on the topic — David Rabiner, research professor at the Center for Child and Family Policy in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, and Sean Esteban McCabe, associate professor at the University of Michigan — say that academic doping has becoming increasingly commonplace.
 
McCabe and Rabiner both point to various research studies that show the majority of students who admitted to using the amphetamine-based prescription did so to enhance their academic performance — to help study and increase alertness or concentration. The prevalence of its use varied from colleges nationwide, ranging from 0% to more than 30%.
 
“There were just a couple of times where I felt like I was at breaking point where I had no other options,” explains Tews. “And Adderall was a better option than failing and a better option than actually cheating — the traditional type of cheating.”
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