While I wouldn't say that drug makers are marketing stimulants to the healthy, I would say that they are not differentiating enough between medical use and use

While I wouldn't say that drug makers are marketing stimulants to the healthy, I would say that they are not differentiating enough between medical use and use for cognitive enhancement. It seems like the drugs are being marketed as a way to improve life, not just a way to treat a pathological illness. The difference may be subtle, but it is there. Advertisements usually show a kid's life changed for the better, whether it is making more friends, or getting better grades. These are probably all accurate. But everyone has had these problems to some extent. And these ads don't really differentiate between symptoms of an illness, and symptoms caused by some other problem, and viewers can't really tell the difference themselves. So these drugs are somewhat being marketed as a brain booster.