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As others have stated this is not what the article/study states, also speed is related to a street drug with unknown dosage and control. While the prescribed pharmaceutical-grade medication is precise and well managed with slow release mechanism, making it vastly different from the street drug.

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I wouldnt call it vastly different. It cant be abused for euphoria, but it still has an addiction warning on the label.

> It cant be abused for euphoria

Depends on the drug, vyvanse can't really be, but focalin can.

I'm on methylphenidate and if it were addictive I wouldn't forget to take them... well, probably pretty much ever, unless I misunderstand addiction. In reality I forget to take them once or twice a week.

I recently started using one of day-of-the-week pillboxes, so I can tell you this week it was Tuesday.

> I recently started using one of day-of-the-week pillboxes

This is the way. I would absolutely forget to take my Adderall if it weren't in a pillbox next to my toothbrush.

> I'm on methylphenidate and if it were addictive I wouldn't forget to take them...

but youve got ADHD and one of the symptoms is "i forget selective things", therefore you definitely could forget

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