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I don't know, I did a rotation at the university mental health center when I was in residency (lo these many years ago now) and we routinely had undergraduates with no psych history and stellar academic records come through with the report of being "unable to focus," clearly expecting that they would be quickly prescribed amphetamines on the basis of this complaint, without much further investigation.Depends on the population you're referring to. College kids? I haven't seen them being prescribed Adderall for cognitive enhancement in non-ADHD people. The ones taking it without ADHD seem to get them illegally. Older patients with dementia? That was a thing even when I was in med school. These aren't new narratives.
They were invariably quite surprised when I pulled out the Conners-parent, leading me to believe that many of their peers had had little difficulty procuring stimulants by legal means.