Prescription stimulant abuse

Abstract

Our goal with this issue of Pediatric Annals is to increase understanding among clinicians about both the problems with and the solutions to nonmedical use of prescription stimulants. We encourage, not discourage, the treatment of ADHD with both medications and nonmedication therapies. By significantly reducing the nonmedical use of the stimulant medicines for ADHD, we expect that this important area of medical practice will be protected for the benefit of ADHD patients. The lessons learned here can have broad positive applications to other medical treatments with controlled substances.