For over a year, there’s been a shortage of medication for ADHD, in particular, Adderall. It took six months for the FDA to admit the problem, and haplessly write it off to “Covid-related Supply Chain Glitches” and “Manufacturing Issues Related to Covid.”
That’s not half of the story. What’s true is the DEA imposes strict limits to how much Adderall the drug companies are allowed to produce. I learned about this back in the late 1990’s, when a Ritalin shortage gripped greater Southern California and extended down into Mexico. Demand had outpaced supply, and there was nothing anyone could do but wait for the government to ease up those limits.
What’s interesting is that there were no such moratoriums imposed on Rx Pain pills during the 90s and 2000’s, seems to the RadioActive Patient that plenty of prescription opiates found their way to the black market and the goverment’s ham-handed “War on Drugs” approaches have only backfires.
People who can’t get Adderall are getting it on the black market, which is why its being detected in increasing numbers of U.S. Fentanyl Overdoses.
When will our government figure it out and look at harm reduction? Controlled substances are better for people than M30 coming in from Mexico. Puleeze, write to the DEA during their 30-day public comment period. Let our voices be heard.