Editing Adderall (section)

===Recreational===
{{See also|History and culture of substituted amphetamines}}

Adderall has a high potential for misuse as a [[recreational drug use|recreational drug]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs/commonly-abused-prescription-drugs-chart |title=Commonly Abused Prescription Drugs Chart |publisher=National Institute on Drug Abuse |access-date=7 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501092302/http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs/commonly-abused-prescription-drugs-chart |archive-date=1 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/infofacts/stimulant-adhd-medications-methylphenidate-amphetamines |title=Stimulant ADHD Medications – Methylphenidate and Amphetamines |publisher=National Institute on Drug Abuse |access-date=7 May 2012 |archive-date=2 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502072325/http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/infofacts/stimulant-adhd-medications-methylphenidate-amphetamines |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Abelman 68">{{Cite journal| vauthors = Abelman DD |date=6 October 2017|title=Mitigating risks of students use of study drugs through understanding motivations for use and applying harm reduction theory: a literature review|journal=Harm Reduction Journal|volume=14|issue=1|pages=68|doi=10.1186/s12954-017-0194-6|pmid=28985738|pmc=5639593|issn=1477-7517 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Adderall tablets can either be swallowed, crushed and snorted, or dissolved in water and injected.<ref name="NIDA">{{cite web|title=National Institute on Drug Abuse. 2009. Stimulant ADHD Medications – Methylphenidate and Amphetamines|url=https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/misuse-prescription-drugs/overview|publisher=National Institute on Drug Abuse|access-date=27 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312110514/http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/stimulant-adhd-medications-methylphenidate-amphetamines|archive-date=12 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Injection into the bloodstream can be dangerous because [[Excipient|insoluble fillers within the tablets]] can block small blood vessels.<ref name="NIDA" />

Many postsecondary students have reported using Adderall for study purposes in different parts of the developed world.<ref name="Abelman 68" /> Among these students, some of the [[risk factor]]s for misusing ADHD stimulants recreationally include: possessing [[deviance (sociology)|deviant personality]] characteristics (i.e., exhibiting delinquent or deviant behavior), inadequate accommodation of disability, basing one's [[self-worth]] on external validation, low [[self-efficacy]], earning poor grades, and having an untreated [[mental health disorder]].<ref name="Abelman 68" />