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A recent study examining the misuse of prescription drug use on campus finds that use if fueled by false notion that 'everyone is using them.'

MPR News' Tom Weber hosts a conversation about the non-prescription use of stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin as study aids by high school and college students.

A recent study examining the misuse of prescription drug use on campus finds that use if fueled by false notion that 'everyone is using them.'


MPR News' Tom Weber hosts a conversation about the non-prescription use of stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin as study aids by high school and college students. How do these medications, commonly prescribed for ADHD, differently affect those who don't have the disorder? Are there health risks involved? And how are students and school administrators grappling with the ethical concerns?

Guests: Peg O'Connor, Professor of Philosophy and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College; and Dr. Gary Christensen, Chief Medical Officer, University of Minnesota Boynton Health Service

'Study drug' use driven by misperceptions

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