> It's not to make you smarter or more able to solve complex problems, it's to let you focus and cram on large workloads for far longer than you otherwise would

> It's not to make you smarter or more able to solve complex problems, it's to let you focus and cram on large workloads for far longer than you otherwise would be able to. Basically, quantity over quality. imo, that's kind of a dangerous assertion. I'm an adult in his thirties. I take Adderall because I have a genuine loss in executive function at times. A small dose of Adderall (read: less than 2mg) puts me back on track where I can deeply focus, understand, and interpret things. There's certainly people I've seen abuse the drug, but I don't think it's safe to say that the results of Adderall are quantity over quality and frankly the abuse of the drug often doesn't occur in a vacuum. It happens in people that aren't very substance aware in the first place.