More Young People Are Visiting the ER Due to Overdoses on ADHD Medication

Is overmedication to blame?

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More and more young poeple are visitng hospital emergency rooms due to overdoses on ADHD medication such as Ritalin and Adderall. According to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, emergency room visits because of prescription and non-prescription drug overdoses for 18-34-year-olds jumped from 5,600 to almost 23,000 between 2005 and 2011. Even more alarming, a number of these also included alcohol. 

Are years of overmedication to blame, or is just flat-out recklessness?

[via Gawker]

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