http://www.drugalcohol-rehab.com/blog/index.php/news/more-students-taking-cognitive-performance-enhancing-drugs/ Drug & Alcohol Addiction and Rehab Issues Are Featured Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:53:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.drugalcohol-rehab.com/blog/index.php/news/more-students-taking-cognitive-performance-enhancing-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-280 WP Themes Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:13:44 +0000 http://www.drugalcohol-rehab.com/blog/?p=61#comment-280 Genial post and this post helped me alot in my college assignement. Say thank you you seeking your information. Genial post and this post helped me alot in my college assignement. Say thank you you seeking your information.

]]> http://www.drugalcohol-rehab.com/blog/index.php/news/more-students-taking-cognitive-performance-enhancing-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Douglas Cook, M.D. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:38:02 +0000 http://www.drugalcohol-rehab.com/blog/?p=61#comment-240 I totally agree with these observations. I have three children who are now attending local universities. They tell me that the use of ADHD prescription medication is rampant. Adderall became the drug that took over a lot of the Ritalin market. Now Vyvanse is beginning to become the new "drug of choice." One major source of this growing phenomenon is that virtually all college students are aware of these drugs and share with each other what to say to their physicians to get prescriptions. Also, now more than ever, freshman students are totally overwhelmed by their social and academic schedules after graduating from high school. In my opinion, many high schools (if not most) have tended to "dumb down" the curriculum, making it easier for students to graduate as honor students. This opens the door for scholarships and admission to more prestigious schools. Unfortunately for these unsuspecting graduates, most universities have not lowered their academic standards the way high schools have. Students begin to panic as they falter in first and second semester courses and often run for prescription help under the guise of ADHD. I totally agree with these observations. I have three children who are now attending local universities. They tell me that the use of ADHD prescription medication is rampant. Adderall became the drug that took over a lot of the Ritalin market. Now Vyvanse is beginning to become the new “drug of choice.” One major source of this growing phenomenon is that virtually all college students are aware of these drugs and share with each other what to say to their physicians to get prescriptions. Also, now more than ever, freshman students are totally overwhelmed by their social and academic schedules after graduating from high school. In my opinion, many high schools (if not most) have tended to “dumb down” the curriculum, making it easier for students to graduate as honor students. This opens the door for scholarships and admission to more prestigious schools. Unfortunately for these unsuspecting graduates, most universities have not lowered their academic standards the way high schools have. Students begin to panic as they falter in first and second semester courses and often run for prescription help under the guise of ADHD.

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