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Adderall has moved from the college campuses into locker rooms, and professional sports are cracking down on its use.
The prescription drug that can sharpen focus and hone impulse control has become popular in NFL circles — at least seven players have received suspensions from the league office this season related to Adderall use.
And it appears some NFL players may be using, and abusing, Adderall just as some high school and college students do: by relying on it as a chemical aid to quickly help them cram and disseminate reams of complex information.
The difference isn’t all that striking, some psychologists say. Pulling an all-nighter to finish a complicated term paper can be equated to a player being forced to quickly recognize and react to the coverage on an NFL playing field.
To that end, “I think (Adderall) offers a tremendous benefit,” said Doug Gardner, a sports psychologist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who has worked with NFL and MLB teams. “Players often struggle in college and in the NFL because they have trouble digesting the information they need to use on the field.
“So, they look for a tiny pill or anything else that can help them focus and study better. That can make up for a lack of studying skills they didn’t develop early in life.”
Honestly, I think Adderall is an excuse,” said former Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder. “Now, if you get busted, you just say it’s Adderall and it goes under the rug. The league can’t come out and correct you. “It’s better than coming out and saying you did steroids. It’s kind of like getting busted for cocaine, but telling your grandma it was marijuana. Marijuana is more socially acceptable.”
The NFL does not disclose how many of its players have exemptions for Adderall, although Birch said the drug’s use in the NFL is lower than the overall male population within the same age group. A player not only has to have a valid diagnosis for ADD or ADHD along with a prescription for Adderall, but the TUE filed by the player needs the approval for football’s independent administrator.
Crowder said he doesn’t need statistics to show that Adderall could be overused in the NFL.
“I played six years with a struggling team, and I must have had 400 different teammates,” Crowder said. “Only one of them needed to be on Adderall. If you are a cornerback in the NFL and you have to cover (Houston Texans receiver) Andre Johnson, wouldn’t you want something that will keep you focused and calm you down?
"Maybe I should have taken it when I played.”
Read the rest at:
Adderall: NFL's new, trendy PED:
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/adderall-nfls-new-trendy-ped-drug-steroids-112912
Adderall has moved from the college campuses into locker rooms, and professional sports are cracking down on its use.
The prescription drug that can sharpen focus and hone impulse control has become popular in NFL circles — at least seven players have received suspensions from the league office this season related to Adderall use.
And it appears some NFL players may be using, and abusing, Adderall just as some high school and college students do: by relying on it as a chemical aid to quickly help them cram and disseminate reams of complex information.
The difference isn’t all that striking, some psychologists say. Pulling an all-nighter to finish a complicated term paper can be equated to a player being forced to quickly recognize and react to the coverage on an NFL playing field.
To that end, “I think (Adderall) offers a tremendous benefit,” said Doug Gardner, a sports psychologist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who has worked with NFL and MLB teams. “Players often struggle in college and in the NFL because they have trouble digesting the information they need to use on the field.
“So, they look for a tiny pill or anything else that can help them focus and study better. That can make up for a lack of studying skills they didn’t develop early in life.”
Honestly, I think Adderall is an excuse,” said former Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder. “Now, if you get busted, you just say it’s Adderall and it goes under the rug. The league can’t come out and correct you. “It’s better than coming out and saying you did steroids. It’s kind of like getting busted for cocaine, but telling your grandma it was marijuana. Marijuana is more socially acceptable.”
The NFL does not disclose how many of its players have exemptions for Adderall, although Birch said the drug’s use in the NFL is lower than the overall male population within the same age group. A player not only has to have a valid diagnosis for ADD or ADHD along with a prescription for Adderall, but the TUE filed by the player needs the approval for football’s independent administrator.
Crowder said he doesn’t need statistics to show that Adderall could be overused in the NFL.
“I played six years with a struggling team, and I must have had 400 different teammates,” Crowder said. “Only one of them needed to be on Adderall. If you are a cornerback in the NFL and you have to cover (Houston Texans receiver) Andre Johnson, wouldn’t you want something that will keep you focused and calm you down?
"Maybe I should have taken it when I played.”
Read the rest at:
Adderall: NFL's new, trendy PED:
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/adderall-nfls-new-trendy-ped-drug-steroids-112912
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