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Aderall Or Nothing: Anatomy of the Great Amphetamine Drought

Posted by timothy on from the subtractitall-oddly-much-less-popular dept.

pigrabbitbear writes "To prevent hoarding of materials and their potential for theft and illicit use, the Drug Enforcement Agency sets quotas for the chemical precursors to drugs like Adderall. The DEA projects the need for amphetamine salts, then produces and distributes the materials to pharmaceutical companies so that they can produce their drugs. But with the number of prescriptions for Adderall jumping 13 percent in the past year, pharmaceutical companies claim that the quotas are no longer sufficient for supplying Americans with their Adderall. The DEA contends that their quotas do, in fact, meet demands, and that any shortages arise from pharmaceutical companies selectively producing only certain, typically name-brand and more expensive versions of ADHD medications."

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  1. Coincidence? by assertation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone notice that the shortage of adderall and the rise of the TEA party happened about the same time?

    Coincidence? I think not ....

    1. Re:Coincidence? by DanTheStone · · Score: 5, Funny

      Both are positively correlated with time! Obviously time is to blame, and if we can stop it, we will stop both problems.

  2. Obligatory Airplane! by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Funny

    It looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

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  3. Re:You know... by king+neckbeard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who said anything about an important regulatory agency? We're talking about the DEA.

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  4. Re:Ah, central planning. by InterruptDescriptorT · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine if you're the CEO of Porn Corp #1 and also serve on the broad of Porn Corp #2...

    FTFY.

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