Prescription Drugs
- Sep 2
- 2009
Editor’s Web Note: Adderall and Ritalin have become the steroids of study and today’s column begs the question: What are we doing as a society if the academic expectations are so high that students have to resort to “study drugs” to stay competitive? Or are students just so distracted from always-on technology that they put off studying till the last minute? —Lauren
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m concerned for friends who buy Adderall and Ritalin at school in order to stay up late studying. One of my friends is on antidepressants and I worry about her combining prescription drugs. Parents have no idea that you get any drug you want within 5 minutes at high…
- May 6
- 2009
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: A friend of mine is doing something dumb. She always forgets to take her birth control pills so if she has sex she just swallows a whole packet at once. She says it works the same as the morning-after pill and that it’s safe and normal to feel nauseous afterward. I think…