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How common is the abuse of Adderall on college campuses?

How common is the abuse of Adderall on college campuses?. By: Austin Stutts. By: Austin Stutts. Adderall abuse. The consumption of non-prescribed Adderall has become a norm of the typical United States college student. How common is the abuse of Adderall actually?. Literature Sources.

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How common is the abuse of Adderall on college campuses?

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  1. How common is the abuse of Adderall on college campuses? By: Austin Stutts By: Austin Stutts

  2. Adderall abuse • The consumption of non-prescribed Adderall has become a norm of the typical United States college student. • How common is the abuse of Adderall actually?

  3. Literature Sources • “Adderall abuse on college campuses: A comprehensive literature review” By: Matthew D Varga • “Tweaking and Tweeting: Exploring Twitter for Nonmedical Use of a Psychostimulant Drug (Adderall) Among College Students” By: Carl L. Hanson

  4. Literature Sources • “’Adderall is Definitely Not a drug’: Justifications for the Illegal Use of ADHD Stimulants” By: Alan D. DeSantis

  5. Hypothesis • If college students were asked without any prejudices against them, then how many of them would admit to consuming non-prescribed Adderall?

  6. Methods • A large amount of students on several random college campuses are selected in a perfectly random sample and asked to respond to the question • The students would be told that they could answer the question anonymously and without fearing of any consequences.

  7. Methods • The data would be collected and statistically tested to see if the null hypothesis would be rejected or not • If enough college students reply that they have taken non-prescribed Adderall, then the null hypothesis will fail to be rejected.

  8. Limitations • A few limitations of the process are: • College students not telling the truth • The sample is not completely perfectly random • Not a large enough sample size is taken for the survey

  9. Significance • If the the hypothesis is failed to be rejected then it can be said that the consumption of non-prescribed Adderall is a common practice on college campuses around the United States • This would indicate that the abuse of Adderall is perceived to not be immoral to college students

  10. Literature Cited • DeSantis, A. D., Hane, A. C. 2010. “Adderall is Definitely Not a Drug”: Justifications for the Illegal Use of ADHD Stimulants • Hanson,C. L., Burton, S. H., Giraud-Carrier, C., West, J. H., Barnes, M. D., Hansen, B. 2013. Tweaking and Tweeting: Exploring Twitter for Nonmedical Use of a Psychostimulant Drug (Adderall) Among College Students. Journal of Medical Internet Research: 15: 4: UNSP e62 • Varga, Matthew D. 2012. Adderall abuse on college campuses: A comprehensive literature review. Journal of evidence-based social work: 9: 3: 293-313

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