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Sometimes kids who have a prescription from their doctors for this medicine abuse the pills. They take more of them than they’re supposed to take. And kids who don’t have ADHD sometimes abuse these medicines too. They like the way the pills make them feel.

When young people abuse ADHD medications, they often crush the pills and snort them up their noses. This gets the chemicals in the pills into their blood faster than if they swallowed them. It speeds up the pills’ effects on their brains and the rest of their bodies.

ADHD medications can help people who have ADHD. But these drugs also have a downside.

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