Adderall

Adderall has become a drug that is being abused and been taken advantage of. Adderall is prescribed for people who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and taking the drug for something else is cheating and immoral. With its easy accessibility students are able to use the drug to stay up and receive more information. Students that take the drug think the drug is just a simple stimulant that helps you stay awake and focused like coffee and energy drinks and is not considered cheating. Students that take it have known to take in more information and do better than students who don’t take the drug. Students who don’t have ADHD and are taking Adderall have an unfair advantage of doing better in exams than students who don’t.

Question: Is taking Adderall considered cheating?

Thesis: Students who don’t have ADHD and are taking Adderall have an unfair advantage of doing better in exams than students who don’t.

Body Paragraph 1: How is it cheating?

-They don’t have ADHD and are taking drugs to stay awake and focused on study to do well on exams

-It is unfair to students who study and don’t take drugs

-It is like having a head start (give example of Armstrong)

Body Paragraph 2: How they have an advantage

-They are able to stay up more up (jumpstart)

-Keeps you focused using a drug

- You are receiving more information

-The drug is for something else not staying at night

Students taking a pharmaceutical drug for a problem they don’t have to benefit with their studying is cheating. It is cheating because you are achieving your goal of doing better on an exam in an unfair matter. In CNNs article about Students taking Adderall to get better grades Alan DeSantis, a professor and researcher at the University of Kentucky says, “ Taking drugs without a prescription or buying the controlled substances is illegal”. If something is illegal it is obviously...