Legal Status
- Canada: In March 2012, Canada passed the "Safe Streets and Communities Act" into law, which (in part) rescheduled amphetamines from Schedule III to Schedule I.
- Japan: The use, production, and import of any medicine containing Methamphetamine or Amphetamine is prohibited.
- South Korea: Non-prescribed Amphetamine-based medications are banned in South Korea. They are illegal to import without a doctor's prescription. Adderall is not currently prescribed inside Korea, but other stimulant medications such as Ritalin are.
- Thailand: Amphetamine and dextroamphetamine are classified as Type 1 Narcotics.
- United Nations: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has recommended that Adderall should be administered only to those with a valid prescription and valid diagnosis. The UN believes that stimulant abuse is a problem and is trying to find a way to decrease the amount of people who abuse stimulants.
- United States: The United States Drug Enforcement Agency classifies Adderall as a Schedule II substance. According to the US DEA, these are substances with a high potential for abuse, but with legitimate and accepted medical uses. This makes it a criminal offense to possess Adderall without a valid prescription and limits the amount a medical provider can prescribe to a 90 day supply, which can be split into multiple separate prescriptions, the combination totaling 90 days supply and with instructions to the pharmacy for when the prescription may be filled.
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