U.S. pharmacies are critically low on Adderall and its generic equivalents, leaving more than 26 million patients scrambling and competing for the pills since late summer. The scarcity is going to last for many more months because of supply chain problems as well as federal restrictions on manufacturers and imports.
If we don’t act fast, this shortage could trigger two major public health crises.
Many people who have been taking this amphetamine-based stimulant — whether prescribed for attention deficit or narcolepsy or used illicitly as a performance or party drug — will lose access. This carries serious physical and mental health risks.
