“Scary easy. Sketchy as hell.”: How startups are pushing Adderall on TikTok

ADHD in the News 2022-09-01

Nick C., a 25-year-old food service worker who lives in western Iowa, remembers coming across TikTok influencer Connor DeWolfe’s videos about a year ago. They showed up on his For You feed, which is effectively TikTok’s homepage. Almost all of DeWolfe’s videos were about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. Nick recognized some of the symptoms described by DeWolfe as things he also struggled with.

View Article: Vox, August 29, 2022

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