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For anyone who cares, here are the official statistics. > Among U.S. adults, 6.6% (annual average) used prescription stimulants overall; 4.5% used without misu
by fny 5y ago
For anyone who cares, here are the official statistics.
> Among U.S. adults, 6.6% (annual average) used prescription stimulants overall; 4.5% used without misuse, 1.9% misused without use disorders, and 0.2% had use disorders. [0]
With that as a prior, this anecdata seems far off unless there's something horribly wrong at Stanford.
Practically, I'm not sure where kids are getting this stuff to supply amphetamine at a 1-7 rate, unless they're buying straight up meth. I'd be more inclined to believe 25% have taken it once a semester or in their careers, but weekly?
[0]: https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.17091048 https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.20...
- bix6 5y agoGo into a college library around finals week and you will see just how over prescribed and readily available these drugs are.
- gruez 5y agoI saw zero prescription stimulent usage/availability during my college education. Granted, I wasn't hanging out at the library too often but if it was really that common that I'd have seen it at least once in the few years I was there. Maybe I was just super unaware.
- dexwiz 5y agoYou were unaware.
- david_allison 5y ago~5 years ago in the UK, I used to say that there were more people on drugs in the library than there were in the clubs.
- Kydlaw 5y agoRight from the conclusion of the article that you linked: > Patients who are using their medication for cognitive enhancement or diverting their medication to others present a high risk. I think the Standford population do not fit with the results of your study (that look at the US population in general). These people ARE using these drugs for cognitive enhancement. Now get back to the article conclusion.
- Zababa 5y agoAt least in Europe, amphetamines are 3/4€ the gram for high quality stuff. The supply, I imagine, is very large.