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teknopaulyesterday at 7:38 PM4 repliesview on HN

What they get is amphetamines, legally.

38% of stanford kids taking or selling drugs, legally, because they are rich kids: and the poor kids get jail time for buying it off them.

Go USA.

Wierd that no-one on this thread seems aware of it.

There are two standard treatments for adhd: met & dexies midnight runners.


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astrangeyesterday at 11:57 PM

There are non-stimulant ADHD medications. Maybe they should try going on Intuniv instead.

(That one reduces anxiety a lot, which would be good for students, but it also kinda kills your sex drive.)

bigfishrunningyesterday at 8:30 PM

Taking the drugs legally, maybe; it is very much illegal to sell the kind of amphetamines used to treat ADHD. Ritalin, for instance, is a schedule II drug, and it is a felony to sell without a prescription.

footyyesterday at 7:50 PM

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