Adderall (drug)

It's finals week: Do you know what your teen is taking to study so hard?

2013-05-21 16:18:00

By the end of high school, 12% of teens say they have taken a stimulant medication for reasons other than to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But parents, including many of those whose kids are taking ADHD drugs in a bid to boost...

Novak Djokovic is stunned in Madrid

2013-05-07 18:29:00

Grigor Dimitrov stunned Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday, beating the top-ranked Serb, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (8), 6-3, for the biggest win of his career. The 28th-ranked Bulgarian saved three set points in the first before...

Texas pitcher gives teammate urine for drug test; test still fails

2013-05-07 13:48:00

This story would be funny if it weren't so sad. Texas Longhorns pitcher Corey Knebel was suspended from the team on Friday because he substituted his urine sample for a teammate's to prevent the teammate from failing a drug test. Problem: Knebel's urine...

Richard Sherman says he was misquoted on Adderall use in the NFL

2013-04-11 11:56:00

� Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said he was misquoted by the Vancouver Sun and never said that half of the NFL takes Adderall. "First off, I didn't say that," Sherman,�appearing on NFL Network's "NFL AM" on Thursday, said. "It's just...

Seahawks' Richard Sherman says 'about half' in NFL takes Adderall

2013-04-10 11:49:00

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman says "about half" the players in the NFL use the banned prescription drug Adderall. That's a lot of players. But Sherman isn't all doom and gloom. The helpful second-year player has a solution to this...

O.C. doctor to get sentence for illegal pain prescriptions

2013-04-04 20:21:00

An Orange County doctor who often saw patients at Starbucks coffeehouses has agreed to serve at least eight years in federal prison for illegally selling prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other drugs, according to court records. Alvin Ming-...

Lindsay Lohan tweets April Fools' pregnancy joke

2013-04-02 10:50:00

Lindsay Lohan said Tuesday on Twitter that a tweet she sent out Monday about her being pregnant was an April Fools' joke. Lohan is expected to return to the United States from Brazil to begin a 90-day sentence in a rehab facility as part of a plea...

Californian A.J. Allmendinger to drive for Penske in Indy 500

2013-03-08 15:40:00

Continuing his racing rebound after a failed drug test, A.J. Allmendinger was hired to drive in two IndyCar races for Team Penske this year, including the Indianapolis 500 on May 26. Penske announced Friday that Allmendinger, a 31-year-old Los Gatos,...

Emergency room visits for ADHD medications rise sharply, report says

2013-01-25 06:00:00

Problems with stimulant medications used to treat symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are sending an increasing number of Americans to emergency departments for treatment, a new government report warns. Between 2005 and 2010,...

Movie producer arrested after his Corvette crashed

2013-01-25 07:44:27

Seahawks DB Richard Sherman does more than talk the talk

2013-01-09 20:30:00

Is it any surprise that Richard Sherman graduated from Stanford with a degree in communications? Of the survivors in the NFL playoffs, there's no more watchable communicator than Sherman, the trash-talking, playmaking cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks...

Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner to begin four-game suspension

2012-12-05 14:55:00

Seattle cornerback Brandon Browner will begin serving his four-game suspension immediately and will sit out the remainder of the regular season without pay, the NFL announced Wednesday. Browner will be eligible to return for the playoffs if the Seahawks...

Author Stephen Elliott's memoir "The Adderall Diaries" was optioned by James Franco. Franco also appeared in Elliott's debut feature film, "About Cherry."

2013-04-29 17:15:57

Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman thinks the NFL should do away with its Adderall ban.

2013-01-06 00:00:00

Adderall: $5-a-pill on campus.

2013-01-02 07:43:00