ADD drugs popular on black market
November 19, 2001 Posted: 11:39 AM EST (1639 GMT)
(AP) -- She had no idea she had a popular party drug on hand.
To her, the vial of prescription pills she'd once been given to treat attention deficit disorder were just leftovers, until a friend from New York called to ask if she'd mail out a few -- just for fun.
The woman, a 29-year-old San Diego resident, didn't do it. But she and her friends were intrigued.
"We said, 'We should just try it. It could be fun,"' says the woman who, on the condition that she not be named, told how they partied on the drug once this summer and again in September.
In this case, the stimulant of choice was Adderall, an amphetamine. Others use methylphenidate, another attention-deficit drug more widely known by one of its brand names: Ritalin.
Whatever the type, authorities are concerned about ADD drug abuse...
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