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I'd like to thank them for making it harder for people with ADHD to access medicine.

I've always wondered why privileged people like to abuse Adderall or Ritalin when methamphetamine is clearly better, and more readily available. Programmers, law students etc.

Is it because abusing prescription drugs is considered bad, but not that bad, in their circles, but using meth is a bridge too far?

Or is it just a way to lie to yourself?

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Because they are guaranteed to be what it says on the label. When you get your drugs from the street, you have no way of knowing what you are ingesting unless you take a sample to a mass spectrometer every time.

That's... ...a very valid point I hadn't thought of.

Hmmm, damn it, I'm going to have to re-evaluate some existing notions.

The people making it harder for you are college/highschoolers sharing it with their friends to cram for school or party through the night.

The other problem is the low bar to get a script. If someone had to see a psychiatrist then be put on a drug like guanfacine for several months before they were put in a controlled substance, many (including those with ADD) would fallout.

Programmers getting scripts to do their work is hardly the problem.

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