A mother says Adderall caused her son's death in a car accident. [View all]

[pnwmom]

We lost a young relative to this drug, too. It's not as harmless as some think it is.

I won't be surprised if Michael Hasting's toxicology report shows that a Ritalin type drug was involved. Doctors are over-prescribing them for both children and adults.

http://autos.aol.com/article/Harley-Johnson-Zook-car-adderall-car-accident/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D343175

Debris littered a highway. A car sat split in two. A young man was dead. At first, the horrific crash that killed 20-year-old Harley Johnson seemed inexplicable. That night, he drove eastbound in the westbound lane for six miles on Highway 283 in Pennsylvania before crashing head-on into a tractor-trailer hauling cattle. Police suspected the young man was taking some sort of narcotic. Blood tests showed the presence of the prescription drug Adderall in Johnson's system. Now Johnson's mother, Sandi Zook, is speaking out to warn others of the drug that claimed her son's life.

Adderall is an amphetamine commonly prescribed for people with ADHD, and abused by some looking to stave off fatigue. Zook told WGAL 8 she thinks her son was taking the drug to cope with his busy schedule of work, college classes, and band practice.