The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Attention Spans To Remain Hazy For A Few More Months http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/attention-spans-to-remain-hazy-for-a-few-more-months http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/attention-spans-to-remain-hazy-for-a-few-more-months#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/attention-spans-to-remain-hazy-for-a-few-more-months "The FDA is now reporting that... the shortage is easing in some parts of the country. Pharmaceutical company Shire says there is 'adequate' availability of the brand-name version of Adderall, but generic versions remain in short supply. Drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt says it’s name-brand ADHD drug, Methylin, 'will be increasingly available as supply recovery continues.' This affects both the immediate- and extended-release versions of Methylin. But other ADHD drugs will remain in short supply for the first part of 2012."

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/attention-spans-to-remain-hazy-for-a-few-more-months/feed 0 Pop Your Pills In Peace http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/pop-your-pills-in-peace http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/pop-your-pills-in-peace#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:20:16 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/pop-your-pills-in-peace Good news, speed freaks: "An analysis of data collected from more than 1.2 million children and young adults between the ages of 2 and 24 years of age found no evidence that [Adderall, Ritalin and other ADHD drugs] increase the risk for heart problems, as had been feared."

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/pop-your-pills-in-peace/feed 1 And Now, the 84th Reason I Hate Adderall http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/and-now-the-84th-reason-i-hate-adderall http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/and-now-the-84th-reason-i-hate-adderall#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:10:16 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/and-now-the-84th-reason-i-hate-adderall CAT THE CAT IS JUDGING AND A LITTLE CONCERNEDBasically all my friends take Adderall. It's sort of fine? I mean, it's not like all of them are on the heroin or something. And as far as I can gather, most of the effects of The Ivy Speed, as I like to call it, are internal-by which I mean, I can't always tell! I wouldn't know. (Though I can tell when you're writing on Adderall, yes I can. That is reason #52 why I hate it. All that focusing really does something to your syntax. Something bad!) Still, I hate it, and find it boring, and I hate its massive over-use in young people (reason #17) though it's totally okay that you use it, and I am in a very glassy house over here as a smoker, which is probably way, way more socially and ethically annoying. But the 84th reason I hate your Adderall comes from the recent Society of Toxicology annual meeting, by way of NPR today.

Because you drop one of your little pills in my house with your fumbling, amped-up hands and it could be CURTAINS for the cat. (Curtains I say!) "Right now, Adderall is probably one of the top three human drugs that the poison control center gets calls about for cats," it turns out. Your enjoyable little habit = Cat Death!

And?

Most poisonings cases that the ASPCA's center learns about involve dogs, [toxicologist Sharon] Gwaltney-Brant says, because they're fairly indiscriminate about what they'll eat. Not cats. Out of curiosity, they might sample a pill or capsule – but seldom finish it, she says. As soon as they bite in and discover its bland or even objectionable flavor, they tend to walk away.

Except when it comes to Adderall XR. Cats not only bite in but readily finish every bit. This suggests, she says, that there's something about it that cats find unusually enticing.

And that's bad, because a single 20 milligram capsule could kill the average size cat.

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]]> CAT THE CAT IS JUDGING AND A LITTLE CONCERNEDBasically all my friends take Adderall. It's sort of fine? I mean, it's not like all of them are on the heroin or something. And as far as I can gather, most of the effects of The Ivy Speed, as I like to call it, are internal-by which I mean, I can't always tell! I wouldn't know. (Though I can tell when you're writing on Adderall, yes I can. That is reason #52 why I hate it. All that focusing really does something to your syntax. Something bad!) Still, I hate it, and find it boring, and I hate its massive over-use in young people (reason #17) though it's totally okay that you use it, and I am in a very glassy house over here as a smoker, which is probably way, way more socially and ethically annoying. But the 84th reason I hate your Adderall comes from the recent Society of Toxicology annual meeting, by way of NPR today.

Because you drop one of your little pills in my house with your fumbling, amped-up hands and it could be CURTAINS for the cat. (Curtains I say!) "Right now, Adderall is probably one of the top three human drugs that the poison control center gets calls about for cats," it turns out. Your enjoyable little habit = Cat Death!

And?

Most poisonings cases that the ASPCA's center learns about involve dogs, [toxicologist Sharon] Gwaltney-Brant says, because they're fairly indiscriminate about what they'll eat. Not cats. Out of curiosity, they might sample a pill or capsule – but seldom finish it, she says. As soon as they bite in and discover its bland or even objectionable flavor, they tend to walk away.

Except when it comes to Adderall XR. Cats not only bite in but readily finish every bit. This suggests, she says, that there's something about it that cats find unusually enticing.

And that's bad, because a single 20 milligram capsule could kill the average size cat.

Murderers! You're all potential murderers. Highly-alert, extremely productive murderers.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/and-now-the-84th-reason-i-hate-adderall/feed 40 Adderall Will Make You Crazy, And Maybe Not Even The Good, Focused Kind http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/adderall-will-make-you-crazy-and-maybe-not-even-the-good-focused-kind http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/adderall-will-make-you-crazy-and-maybe-not-even-the-good-focused-kind#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:30:36 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/adderall-will-make-you-crazy-and-maybe-not-even-the-good-focused-kind
You'll take some valuable lessons away from this local news spot on the HORRORS OF ADDERALL ADDICTION, but perhaps the most important thing you'll realize is that, man, kids today are just terrible. What a bunch of whiners. Get off my metaphorical lawn, kids of today!

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You'll take some valuable lessons away from this local news spot on the HORRORS OF ADDERALL ADDICTION, but perhaps the most important thing you'll realize is that, man, kids today are just terrible. What a bunch of whiners. Get off my metaphorical lawn, kids of today!

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/adderall-will-make-you-crazy-and-maybe-not-even-the-good-focused-kind/feed 11 Also, will we link to every story in this week's New Yorker by Wednesday? Probably. http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/also-will-we-link-to-every-story-in-this-weeks-new-yorker-by-wednesday-probably http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/also-will-we-link-to-every-story-in-this-weeks-new-yorker-by-wednesday-probably#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:39:31 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/also-will-we-link-to-every-story-in-this-weeks-new-yorker-by-wednesday-probably adderall"I'm a little concerned that we could be raising a generation of very focussed accountants."

Okay, I'm finally aware of the terrible dangers that Adderall might pose to society at large.

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