ADHD Medication and Substance-Related Problems.

CONCLUSIONS: These results provide evidence that receiving ADHD medication is unlikely to be associated with greater risk of substance-related problems in adolescence or adulthood. Rather, medication was associated with lower concurrent risk of substance-related events and, at least among men, lower long-term risk of future substance-related events.
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Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - June 29, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Quinn PD, Chang Z, Hur K, Gibbons RD, Lahey BB, Rickert ME, Sjölander A, Lichtenstein P, Larsson H, D'Onofrio BM Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research