"As part of its work to prevent diversion of controlled substances, DEA sets limits, known as quotas, on the amount of certain classes of controlled substances available for use in the United States"
Excuse me, ADHD is very serious and real. Let me show you a few relevant quotes. Here's the relevant literature linked.
"Given these deficits in academic skills and behavior, it is not surprising to find that as many as 56% of children with ADHD may require academic tutoring, approximately 30% may repeat a grade in school, and 30–40% may be placed in one or more special education programs. As many as 46% may be suspended from school and 10–35% may drop out entirely and fail to complete high school (Barkley, DuPaul, & McMurray, 1990; Barkley, Fischer, Edelbrock, & Smallish, 1990; Barkley, Fischer, Smallish, & Fletcher, 2006; Faraone et al., 1993; Szatmari, Offord, & Boyle, 1989; Weiss & Hechtman, 1993)."
It causes an order of magnitude more problems in your life.
^^ Medication effects on I.Q && Working memory. WM > I.Q. There is one study that has found an increase of up to 4.5 points for kids that are medicated if they have ADHD.
Very serious. Deserves to be taken very seriously.
Stop doubting something extremely real and significant.
I am in no way doubting the effects and seriousness of real diagnoses of ADD/ADHD. For those that actually need it, it works wonders.
But there is a serious percentage of college-aged ADHD diagnoses that are about as legitimate as most medical marijuana prescriptions. These kids are just snorting Adderall so they can cram for an exam or pull an all-nighter and finish a term paper. I've seen it first hand, and it's an incredibly wide-spread practice at some top-tier US universities.
Right, but because of the rules set in place (since it's categorized as a meth derivative or something), a lot of pharmacies don't stock a lot, or are completely unwilling to fill a prescription.
If you check out places like /r/ADHD you'll see some stories of people unable to get their prescription filled.
