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ADHD increases likelihood of smoking, substance abuse [study]
- tokenadult 15y agoThis is not news, but a replication of a frequent finding of studies of ADD/ADHD individuals. It's likely that some ADD patients use nicotine as "self-medication" of their attention disorder, for which nicotine has a partial, haphazard therapeutic effect (along with lots of side effects from smoking as a drug delivery system).
- phren0logy 15y agoJust to add, well-treated ADHD has much a much lower incidence of substance abuse, but still slightly higher than the average joe. This may be related to the impulsivity and novelty-seeking elements of the diagnosis.