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Gabby Omes

Professor Coco

English 1001

27 November 2018

Annotated Bibliography

Wertheim, L.Jon. “Attention Deficit.” Sports Illustrated, vol. 127, no. 17, Dec. 2017, pp. 58–63.

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Wertheim describes in the article how Adderall is overused in a college campus and how

athletes also use it to make them play better. This article contains a quote that I use as a

pivotal point in my inquiry it is by Roger Cohen he wrote in The New York Times,

"Adderall has become to college what steroids are to baseball: an illicit performance

enhancer for a fiercely competitive environment." The author has been a sports journalist

since 1996 for Sports Illustrated. This is useful to my research because it shows how

much Adderall is getting abused and also different ways besides studying.

Farah, Martha, et al. “When We Enhance Cognition with Adderall, Do We Sacrifice Creativity?

A Preliminary Study.” Psychopharmacology, vol. 202, no. 1–3, Jan. 2009, pp. 541–547.

EBSCOhost, doi:10.1007/s00213-008-1369-3.

This is a preliminary study about if we use Adderall to enhance attention but do, we lose

creativity in individuals. Martha Farah does neuroscience researcher at the University of

Pennsylvania and has a PhD. This is useful to my inquiry because I am interested on how

Adderall really makes you feel. Adderall makes me feel like less of a person, so I can

Definitely see how it interferes with creativity. This study really gives a new idea of how
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it can affect you in a different way other than staying focused.

Maahs, Jeffrey R., et al. “Prescribing Some Criminological Theory: An Examination of the Illicit

Use of Prescription Stimulants Among College Students.” International Journal of

Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology, vol. 60, no. 2, Feb. 2016, pp. 146–164.

EBSCOhost, doi:10.1177/0306624X14548530

This is an academic journal about the use of Adderall as a study enhancer which is one of

the main points of my inquiry. The author is Jeffrey Maahs who has a Ph.D. and is a

professor at the University of Minnesota and teaches criminology. The information is

useful because it relates to why students are using prescription stimulants to help them

pass school.

Abelman, Dor David. “Mitigating Risks of Students Use of Study Drugs through Understanding

Motivations for Use and Applying Harm Reduction Theory: A Literature Review.” Harm

Reduction Journal, vol. 14, Oct. 2017, pp. 1–7. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1186/s12954-017-

0194-6.

This is an academic journal about why students feel the need to use prescription

stimulants and it actually explains how the drugs actually work and what they do for your

brain. The author is Dor David Abelman who is a researcher at Western University.

This journal gives great information about what the medicine does to the body and how

it becomes abusive.

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Treating ADHD." CQ Researcher, 3 Aug. 2012, pp. 669-92,

library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2012080300.

The author is a writer who has had jobs such as editor in chief of Medicine & Health
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and staff writer for The Scientist. In this article, it takes about how ADHD can be

overprescribed and stimulants can be given out to easily. One of the main things I wanted

to focus on in my paper is how this a problem and this article has great information to

back it up. It also brings up the topic how misdiagnose tics are very common when

diagnosing someone with ADHD which is also something I wanted to infringe on.

Castro, Jessi. “‘I Am a Different Person.’” Time, vol. 162, no. 18, Nov. 2003, p. 58.

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This is a New York Times article about a 15-year-old girl who does not feel like herself

when she is on this medicine. This is one of the most important things I wanted to

address in my essay because I feel the exact same way and I want to know how it affects

others. The author is a 15-year-old Miami sophomore who has the experience of being on

Adderall.