I don't disagree, but stats are hard to come by for other types of psychiatric drug. I'd be interested to know if international studies have done on the subject

I don't disagree, but stats are hard to come by for other types of psychiatric drug. I'd be interested to know if international studies have done on the subject, because it might very well not be an ideal "proxy" for general drug usage! But I also personally think that adderall has less side effects and better/smoother withdrawals. SSRIs and other antidepressants usually have a heavier impact on the brain too. Now I don't doubt that Adderall is probably over prescribed, but I think that it is better to look at entire families of drugs to compensate for differences between markets.