Workers Seeking Productivity in a Pill Are Abusing A.D.H.D. Drugs

Re:Workers Seeking Productivity in a Pill Are Abusing A.D.H.... by falcolas on Sunday April 19, 2015 @10:07AM (#9403164)

Fair is hard to tease out in situations like this, but not everyone is able to use Adderall and get the same effects; those with ADHD just come up to normal, and there are some folks who will have very negative reactions.

What method would you propose to ensure those who did not get the net positive effects of a wonder drug were not negatively affected in the work force?

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Re:Workers Seeking Productivity in a Pill Are Abusing A.D.H.... by xamuel on Sunday April 19, 2015 @10:52AM (#9403344)

You make some good points. Re: your question,

Realistically: People with severe handicaps can't compete in major league sports, and society makes no serious effort to "fix" this. If someone's brain chemistry makes them unable to compete in a field for whatever reason, they shouldn't make that field their dayjob.

Pipe dream: See eli_gottlieb's insightful comment. Basic income maybe?

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Re:Workers Seeking Productivity in a Pill Are Abusing A.D.H.... by falcolas on Sunday April 19, 2015 @01:58PM (#9404054)

> People with severe handicaps can't compete in major league sports, and society makes no serious effort to "fix" this.

Given that 99%+ of the population can not participate in major league sports, it's harder to see this as an imbalance.

A better example would be the physically handicapped. Is it OK to exclude someone in a wheelchair from a software development job when they are equal to other applicants in every other way? How about someone who is blind?

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