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Adderall: what you don't know

... Originally used as an appetite suppressant in the 1960s, this amphetamine stimulant enhances the flow of certain chemicals in the brain, causing a person to stay awake and alert.

Perhaps many simply get used to the side effects, or maybe they like the results they experience.

But students need to be cautious.

This is one of the first steps to developing an addiction - one which may not be present until such physical side effects have been noted.

Yes, many students depend on the drug to treat the very real, very common ADHD.

However, its abusers may has become much more prevalent than its users.

Some students even snort the pills for a purely recreational effect.

But Adderall isn't alcohol, caffeine or tobacco - it's a serous drug with serious effects that should only be used under a doctor's consent, not for an all-night cram session.

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