Have you guys heard about the Adderall crisis sweeping the city? Wait, no, did you see the last episode of Oprah yesterday? No? Bummer. Ok, no, really though, I don't know if you've tried to get your speed lately, but it's really hard to find! Even if you have a prescription for it! We're in the grips of an Adderall shortage across the nation, and it's wreaking havoc on doctors, pharmacies, students, graphic designers, and actual sufferers of ADD all over the city. more ›

Pauline Wiltshire, everyone's favorite stripper-turned-med-student-turned-alleged-drug-dealer, was indicted yesterday on charges of conspiring to distribute the prescription drug Adderall. She is accused of selling thousands of the pills prescribed by her gambling anesthesiologist boyfriend to Park Slope residents. She faces 10 years in prison under federal law, and was also hit with a $30,000 forfeiture charge seeking proceeds from drug sales if she's found guilty. But currently, she's done what New Yorkers have been telling those they don't like for years, and gone back to Ohio. more ›

Over the holidays, feds busted a Park Slope Adderall-trafficking ring, arresting at least one of the people who allegedly sold thousands of pills online which they had gotten from New York Methodist Hospital. And oh the colorful cast of characters involved: a gambling anesthesiologist, a stripper-turned-med student, a lawyer from Tennessee, and a greek chorus of mercurial hospital residents. It's basically Avenue Q come to life! more ›

The five Columbia students arrested early yesterday morning for allegedly running a drug ring that included everything from adderall to ecstasy went before a judge last night for their arraignment and all pled not guilty. Only the oldest, Michael Wymbs, was able to pay his bail (which ranged for the group between $30,000 and $75,000) while the rest are still in the Manhattan Detention Center. more ›

The popular ADD medication Adderall is continuing its reign as one of the most popular drugs on college campuses, especially during high-stress finals. Columbia student Daniel D'Addario recently questioned some students about their use of the "study drug," whether it makes them better students, and how easy it has become to find the drug on campuses. more ›

Feds have busted a Park Slope anesthesiologist accused of writing Adderall prescriptions for phony patients, who filled them and sold the study drug on the streets. The doctor, Michael Hosny Gabriel, may have used his profits to fund a gambling habit. He “carried large sums of cash to Atlantic City” one informant told the Feds, adding that the medical man kept a gun in his bedroom. And though Dr. Gabriel was the Adderall ring's kingpin, he had help: the Daily News says other doctors at his Brooklyn hospital are also implicated in the case. more ›

Stony Brook students, this is why you may not have been able to buy your pot or Adderall: Newsday reports that police pulled over Jesse Bachrach, 21, for making an "improper lane change" early Saturday morning in Southampton Village. The cop discovered the car smelled strongly of marijuana, which Bachrach turned over, but then "48 amphetamine tablets and six Adderall capsules, 'all packaged for sale'" were also found. According to Southampton Town police, Bachrach was headed to the Southampton campus of SUNY Stony Brook to sell the drugs. He will be arraigned on charges including "criminal possession of a controlled substance" and traffic infractions. Guess those kids studying for finals will have to subsist on caffeine! more ›