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Medicine's Ryan Marino shares thoughts on recent ADHD medication scarcity in the U.S.

Media | January 19, 2024 | Story by: Editorial Staff

Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adderall. But it's actually meth.

Los Angeles Times: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, said it’s difficult to know how much the recent scarcity of ADHD medication in the U.S. has pushed people toward methamphetamine-tainted prescriptions in Mexico, although he noted that it’s a foreseeable outcome. “Cutting off prescriptions gets more people using meth,” Marino said. “Making more things inaccessible increases the revenue to cartels. It’s predictable.”