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Yes, there is a federal yearly quota of Schedule II ADHD drug product that each manufacturer is allotted. I don't know the exact process but can read more in detail at these links.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/1303.11 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/02/2022-26...

I had no idea! Thank you for that bit of info

Yes, the DEA determines how much each provider can make per year. So when a company like Teva that is responsible for 30% of production fails to produce it for 2 months because they won’t pay their mail room workers enough, there is no slack in the system to make up for the lost production

I had no idea! Thank you for that bit of info. I figured there was minimum but I didn't know about the maximum

Only from a legal perspective. Most adhd meds are highly controlled substances, various forms of amphetimines and methylphenidate. In the US they're schedule II substances, so treated the same as opiate based pain killers.