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America’s Love Affair with Adderall
From 2020 to 2021, Adderall prescriptions rose by more than 10 percent among American adults aged 25 to 44. A nationwide shortage is now wreaking havoc on many of their lives. (Illustrations by Pablo Delcan for The Free Press)
And what happened when we were forced to live without it.
By Maya Sulkin
06.14.23 — Culture and Ideas
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When James Hilton was a high school sophomore in Darien, Connecticut, his parents sent him to a psychiatrist because of the many problems he was having at school: He struggled to do his assignments, and then forgot to turn them in. He played the guitar in the school band, but it was agony to sit still for practice.

“I rarely did my homework. I failed Fre…

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Maya Sulkin
Maya Sulkin is a reporter for The Free Press, and host of Confessions. Her reporting focuses on the ideological capture of university campuses and why young people are drawn to radical movements. She also writes about Gen Z, technology, and how AI will shape her generation. She previously served as the company’s Chief of Staff—a job she landed by sending a cold email to Bari Weiss from her dorm room at Columbia University.
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