A new report has claimed that usage of Adderall among adolescents has increased in the recent years. Non-medical consumption of the drug has increased in the recent years, said the report. Adderall is a drug prescribed to people suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to help gain attention.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, through a study, found that non-medical use of drug rose by 67%, while emergency room visits due to Adderall increased by 155%. In some cases, Adderall was taken along with other drugs.

The reason behind this hike in drug intake is easy availability of drug from friends and relatives, who are prescribed Adderall for medical purpose. Doctors believe sharing drugs is not a good thing and if Adderall is mixed with other substances, such as tranquilizers, sleeping pills, or other mood drugs, it can be highly dangerous.

Adderall abuse may cause dissociative feeling, and long term abuse can lead to addiction. Although the drug improves focus, it also causes sleep disruption and serious cardiovascular side effects, such as high blood pressure and stroke. Other negative impact includes its potential to harm mental health problems, including depression and bipolar disorder.

"The medicine was described for a person at a certain set of circumstances, and their friend may not have that circumstance, so therefore their friend gets an overdose, a lot of medicines, when you're tempering with it they release differently, and they can literally kill you," said Dr. Glen Auckerman at St. Rita's Family Practice.

College students take drugs to do well in academics by staying up all night to cram. People believe that they will become smarter.

According to study co-author Ramin Mojtabai, MD, MPH, PhD, a professor of mental health at the Bloomberg School, this group of people should be warned that Adderall abuse can be hazardous for their health and that limited knowledge of its long term health effects is available.