Adderrall Abuse Rough Draft

Various medications around the world can be effective in many ways to treat a variety of illness and conditions, but if misused some can be addictive and dangerous. College students around the country abuse different medications and drugs, one such one being adderall. Going along with that, many of these students who may be abusing adderall may not even have a prescription for it.

Aderrall is a prescription medication that is used for ADHD, attention deficit disorder. ADHD involves an inability to pay attention, hyperactivity, and impulse actions, and the medication adderral is used to help people focus and concentrate in order to deal with this condition.

Access to prescription drugs, especially adderall, now-a-days is really not very hard. There are a number of people who have prescriptions for it who can easily give to other people who don’t have a prescription.

There is a general consensus that stimulants like Adderall increase performance in people who do and do not have ADHD. So, if a better GPA can be obtained by college students with less effort being put forth, the idea that college students are going to obtain Adderall any way they can is brought forth. There are many students that actually go in to see a doctor and exaggerate the symptoms of ADHD so that they can acquire the medication.

This idea leads to the question that everyone seems to think of. Is it morally right to use adderall without a prescription? Should people take any means that they can in life to get by and succeed, all other thoughts and consequences aside?

Junior Kevin Wright at Wittenberg University has used aderrall on a variety of occasions. The majority of these occasions though have been related to schoolwork. Wright stated, “I leave a lot of my work to do at the last minute. It is a bad habit that I have gotten accustom to. When I need to get a lot done in a short amount of time, I typically turn to adderall. It has really helped me get stuff done, that I otherwise wouldn’t have. Lucky for me, one of my good friends here has a prescription for it because he has ADHD so I have easy access to it whenever I need it.”

Another student at the University of Connecticut described his usage of adderall. Freshman, James Winter used it for finals last semester. This is the only time he ever used it. He stated, “It made me feel focused on my work. I really believe that it helps and works. I still failed half of my finals but that is because my classes are nearly impossible, not because the adderall didn’t help.”

Wright and Winter are examples of college students who do not have a prescription for adderrall but have used it for performance enhancing purposes in school in order to try and get work done at the last minute and achieve better grades in school.

The consequences of adderall abuse can be very dangerous. Taking high doses of any stimulant can result in things like an irregular heartbeat, extremely high body temperatures, and even the potential of cardiovascular failure, or seizures. Many students who take adderall, especially the ones without a prescription, are unaware of these effects.

Junior Alex Gonzalez from Columbus, Ohio, actually has attention deficit disorder and takes a form of adderall called concerta every day. Gonzalez stated, “ I think it is a rising problem that many college students take it who aren’t prescribed to take it and that many people don’t know enough about the drug to really be using it. There is a lot of danger and side effects that could possibly come about from taking it too much or taking it without being prescribed to.”

Taking adderall without a prescription for it and abusing it seems like a problem that is only getting worse and is a matter that really needs to be considered, understood, and addressed.

Carl Loney Rough Draft

Wittenberg’s Chief of Security, Carl Loney, was born to do what he does. Loney spent 30 years within the Sheriff’s Department, starting when he was just 18 years old. He made it all the way up the ranks to Senior Operations Commander. Now Loney serves Wittenberg and the outside Springfield community.


Loney takes pride in being able to maintain control and security over Wittenberg’s campus while also maintaining a good relationship with the students. In regards to the students at Wittenberg, Loney stated, we want you to have a good experience here.”


So, while Loney has to be serious and strict in many situations in and around campus, he wants to make sure the students and he have a good relationship and tries to be really down to earth with them. Although he won’t condone it, the chief of security stated, “Streaking in the Hollow has been going on since Day One. It ain’t like robbing a bank in my book.”


Although we students at Wittenberg may call Loney the “email man”, he and his force of 13 others have full police authority. They keep control of the campus, look and report crime, take in calls, and overall try to provide and maintain a safe community here. They have a patrollable area outside of just Wittenberg’s campus going all the way out to Limestone and down to the south side of Buck Creek.


A crime report is posted online for anyone to view which shows the different crimes and violations that have occurred in Springfield on a yearly basis showing any changes from year to year. One noticeable statistic is the major decrease in liquor violations since the year 2006. Along with this crime report, Loney has instated an emergency text message notification system which updates students and faculty immediately in regards to crime, weather, and other substantial emergencies that people need to be aware of.


From alcohol infractions to sexual assault, Loney has definitely seen it all during his years here at Wittenberg. The weirdest case Loney ever came across was five years ago in Myers hall when a male student was urinating in the bathroom and a snake came out from the wall and looked him “eye to eye”. “That one was for the books”, Loney stated.


When asked if Loney liked his job, he stated, “I wouldn’t trade it, I love it.”