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 College students have a higher VMI Cadet Counseling rate of drug abuse than the Center Adderall and general public. 540-464-7667 [email protected]  More than half of students with Prescription an Adderall or other ADHD drug prescription have been asked SAMHSA’s National to sell the medication to peers Helpline Narcotics and friends. 1-800-662-HELP (24/7)

 Almost every student who Narcotics Anonymous abuses prescription drugs in 1-800-777-1515 college gets the drug from a friend or classmate with a legal prescription. Rockbridge Area Community Services  Most college students who Board abuse narcotic pain killers 540-463-3141 begin using after being legally Crisis Hotline: prescribed them for an athletic 1-855-222-2046 (24/7) injury, migraine or other com- mon ailment.

 Studies at some colleges show as many as 30% of students have abused Adderall.

 Nearly 1 in 4 college students meet the medical criteria for substance abuse. Not Safe. Not Legal. Not “Not A Big

Created by: VMI Police Department Deal.” ADDERALL NARCOTICS Consequences of Prescription Drug Abuse What is Adderall? What are narcotics? Adderall is a prescription amphetamine Narcotics or “opioids” are a variety of  Adderall and Narcotics are medication, generally used to treat substances that dull the senses and Schedule II drugs under the Attention Deficit Disorder. relieve pain. Examples include the illicit Federal Drug Control Act. This is drug heroin and medications like Oxy- the same classification as What is Adderall abuse? Contin, Vicodin, codeine, morphine, cocaine, heroin, or meth. This College students across the country methadone, and fentanyl. also means that possessing any have turned to using Adderall to help of these medications without a them stay awake or focus when study- What is narcotic/opioid abuse? prescription is a FELONY. ing. Many students believe that the Besides their medical use, narcotics/  Sharing your prescription with misuse of Adderall is safe or legal opioids produce a general sense of well- any other person constitutes because it is a medication and comes being by reducing tension, anxiety, and distribution of a Schedule II from a doctor. This is not true. There aggression. These effects are helpful in drug. You can be guilty of dis- can be serious legal and medical results a therapeutic setting but contribute to tributing, even if you do not of Adderall misuse. the drugs’ abuse. Abusers may obtain receive any payment This is also narcotics from friends, family members, a FELONY Side Effects the internet, by stealing them or by  If any VMI/ROTC routine drug  Addiction obtaining fraudulent prescriptions. testing shows the presence of  Increased Blood Pressure Adderall or narcotics in a cadet Side Effects  Insomnia who does not have a valid pre-  drowsiness  Changes to sex drive scription or shows these present  confusion in higher than prescribed levels,  Constipation/Diarrhea  nausea the cadet will be DISMISSED.  Overdose  Most seriously, abuse of When mixed with alcohol:  constipation prescription medications can  Chest pain  Euphoria lead to ADDICTION or DEATH.  Addiction/withdrawal  Irregular Heartrate Recovery from an addiction to  slowed breathing  Seizures prescription medication generally  Hallucinations  death requires professional, medical

 Shortness of breath help. Withdrawal can be lengthy and painful. Fatal overdose can  Death occur quickly.