The pill bottle is opened. Three students walk around several lines of a shattered yellow substance. The occasion is a late-night study session, drug of choice: Adderall. This fictional story is an unfortunate reality, deeply connected to the circles of higher education. College campuses are home to an epidemic of prescription drug abuse. A strong base of overly prescribed stimulants, crossed with the high educational demand of classrooms, represents a major problem for universities. Not only have there been studies showing that the abuse of psychostimulant drugs is dangerous to students' health, but the transactions behind such abuse are also highly illegal. This is an ethical question formulated by a society's willingness to accept or abuse pills and the rate at which doctors are willing to prescribe drugs. Psychostimulants began to be used to treat ADHD in the 1930s, when they were first observed to have positive effects on hyperactivity. activity. It was later synthesized in the form of Ritalin in 1957. It was prescribed to people who had attention problems and hyperactivity and is still prescribed today. The first stimulants were transformed into amphetamine/lisdexamfetamine drugs like Adderall and Vyvanse. In recent years, stimulants have had an increase in prescription rates, leading to a nationwide, as well as university-wide, problem. Adderall is a focused drug, and higher education requires student concentration more than anything else. This is a recipe for disaster that is about to explode if action is not taken to put an end to this problem. This problem is morally unacceptable. Ethics requires that universities provide some sort of education system about abused drugs, in order to raise awareness of the health implications that… middle of paper… ications Co., nd Web. April 24 2014. .Ricker, Ronald and Venus Nicolino. “Adderall: The Most Abused Drug in America.” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com Inc, June 21, 2010. Web. April 23, 2014. .Schwarz, Alan. “ADHD observed in 11% of US children as diagnoses rise.” . The New York Times Company, March 13, 2013. Web. April 25, 2014. .Schwarz, Alan. “Risky rise of the good quality pill.” The New York Times. The New York Times Company, June 9, 2012. Web. April 23 2014. .