ADD is a chronic developmental disorder that creates problems with attention.
Ritalin is being used among college students as a study aid, an appetite repressor or simply a quick and easy cocaine-like buzz, according to an article in The Boston Herald. Bragg also said the Health Center is currently prescribing Ritalin for about 20 to 25 students. Nahas has received Ritalin twice from a friend who has a prescription. Nahas said that for a while he was having some attention problems in high school. He never wanted to take any drugs, even though doctors wanted to prescribe it to him, he said.