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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 2009
HEALTH
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Adderall is a popular medication for those diagnosed with ADHD. Illegal usage of the drug is spreading among college students.
BY ABIGAIL BOLIN abolin@kansan.com
When the pressure of schoolwork piles up, some students are lured to use the prescription drug Adderall for an extra boost.
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, seven percent of full-time college students use Adderall illegally. The addiction to succeed can be seen on college campuses.
"Anybody who's anybody at the library is on Adderall." Michelle Huffman, Branson, Mo., junior, said.
Adderall is the brand name for an amphetamine that is prescribed for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD.
"Adderall is a safe and effective medication for people with ADHD." Dr. Ty Yoshida, child and adolescent psychiatrist and medical director of Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center at 200 Maine St. said.
The illegal use of the prescription drug seems commonplace to some students.
When asked if Adderall use was prevalent at the University, Laura Erdall, Edina, Minn., senior said, "Is basketball big at KU? Duh."
Because of the high number
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of people who take Adderal for medical reasons, it's becoming more accessible for illegal use,
DL. Toshiba Addler has a high potential for abuse and dependence, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Services, which explains the concern with its rising illegal use.
"Anybody who's anybody at the library is on Adderall."
"My guess is that most students find it not problematic, having no major side effects, and helpful by being more alert," Dr. Yoshida said. "If anything they're thinking they are getting an edge in academic performance and/or getting 'high'"
five times more likely to use pain relievers nonmedically. Ninety percent were also binge drinkers, but the illicit use of Adderall doesn't seem like a dangerous thing to some students.
According to NSDUH, full-time college students who used Adderal without having a prescription were three times more likely to use marijuana, eight times more likely to use cocaine and tranquilizers nonmedically and
"I take it to stay up to study for tests," Erdall explained. "Or when there are game days because I'd like to make it out at night after a
MICHELLE HUFFMAN Branson, Mo., junior
whole day of drinking."
Both Huffman and Erdall said they knew people who snorted Adderall so it could affect them faster.
The illicit use of Addeler can put the drug in a negative light, even when
used for medical reasons.
"The diagnosis of ADHD needs to be done within a context of a comprehensive evaluations," Dr. Yoshida said. "KU has a good resource and students should consult CAPS if they suspect ADHD."
CAPS, Counseling and Psychological Services, located on the second floor of Watkins Memorial Health Center, offers student testing for ADHD.
— Edited by Jonathan Hermes
Hearing held in delivery robbery case
CRIME
KU student charged with aggravated robbery testifies
BY BRANDON SAYERS
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A KU student who police say was involved in the robberies of two local delivery drivers appeared in Douglas County Court Tuesday and Wednesday for a preliminary hearing.
Billy Kernizant, a 22-year-old KU student, appeared alongside Royjamian Haulcy, a 19-year-old Lawrence resident. Kernizant has been charged with two counts of aggravated robbery and Haulcy has been charged with one count of aggravated robbery and two counts of conspiracy to commit robbery. The delivery driver victims and a Lawrence detective also provided testimonies during the hearing. Randall Lewis, who told police that he was the gunman in both robberies, also testified.
Lewis, a 19-year-old El Dorado man, has reached a plea agreement in return for his testimony in court. In this agreement, Lewis will plead guilty to charges, but will receive sentencing considerations. Lewis testified during the hearing that he and two others had planned the robberies and that Haulcy or Kernizant were not instrumental in the planning.
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Flachsbarth said a store's security camera footage showed Haulcy purchasing the prepaid cell phone that was used to place the orders, but he said Haulcy claimed the phone was essentially "community" property for the use of anyone at his apartment.
Lewis testi
fied, though, that both Haulcy and Kernizant knew of his plan to rob the Pizza Shuttle driver and were in the vehicle that drove him to the scene of the crime.
The first robbery was reported by a 19-year-old Jimmy John's delivery driver. He said he was held up at gunpoint Sept. 26 at about 3:15 a.m.
ment, said he interviewed both Haulcy and Kernizant Oct. 2 after Lawrence police served a search warrant on their Lawrence residence. He said Kernizant admitted during the interview that the gun used in the robberies was his, but denied that he was ever asked permission to use it and said that it was not uncommon for his friends to
The second robbery was reported by a 25-year-old Pizza Shuttle delivery driver. He said he was held up at gunpoint Sept. 30 at 1:20 a.m.
One of the victims who testified,
a 19-year-old Jimmy John's delivery
sandwiches to the area of 9th and
Ohio streets about 3:15 a.m. Sept.
26.
The driver said the area was very dark and he couldn't see any of the addresses, so he tried to call the phone number that the caller
provided. The number said it was out of service, but the driver decided to get out of his car and get close enough to read the addresses on the houses. The driver said he found the correct address rather quickly.
and I heard someone coming up behind me," the victim said during testimony Tuesday.
"I was getting ready to knock on the door
He said the person identified himself as the man who placed the order and provided him with cash to pay for the order. At some point as the driver was providing change, the driver said the other man pulled out a gun and told him to lie down
on the porch.
"He put the gun to my forehead and told me to be cool," the driver said.
The driver said the man took his cash, wallet, cell phone and keys. He then asked the man if he could at least have his car keys, and said he heard the man throw his keys on the ground. The driver said he waited until the man had left. He then got
in his car and returned to Jimmy John's, where he dialed police.
The driver provided some physical description of the perpetrator. However, the dark area made it impossible to provide a full description.
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The other victim who testified, a 25-year-old Pizza Shuttle delivery driver, said he was delivering four pizzas and four 2-liters of soda to the area of 7th and Michigan streets about 1:20 a.m. Sept. 30.
The driver said he couldn't find the apartment so he called the phone number the caller provided. The person who answered said he was standing outside and soon two people appeared nearby and began waving their hands to identify themselves. The driver said he approached the men, told them their total and received three $20 bills for the order. As the driver was getting change from his pocket, he said he felt what he believed to be a gun placed to the back of his head.
"He told me to get down on the ground and the next thing I knew I heard the gun ratchet — he cocked it" he said.
The driver said that the man took his cash, wallet, cell phone and keys. The driver was able to provide some description of both perpetrators.
District Court Judge Robert Fairchild, who heard testimony, has set a Nov. 20 arraignment for 9:30 a.m. At that point, he will likely decide whether the case will go to trial. He will also set a date, if necessary.
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NATIONAL Authorities investigating shipwreck that killed 6
CAPE MAY, N.J. — The Lady Mary, a scallop boat, sank last March 6 miles off the coast of
Associated Press
Cape May, killing all six aboard.
The Coast Guard have many theories about why the boat sank. The ship had two communications just before it sank.
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The Boulder Colorado Sheriff's Office released this 1953 photograph of Dorothy Gay Howe of Phoenix, Ariz. She has been identified as a homicide victim known as Jane Doe
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHOENIX — A murdered young woman was buried as Jane Doe in Colorado 55 years ago. At the same time, an Arizona family was puzzled and saddened as Dorothy Gay Howard's disappearance stretched into decades.
It took a historian, a detective and a determined family member to make the connection after more than a half century that these two people were one and the same.
Woman identified 55 years after being buried
Howard's younger sister, Marlene Howard Ashman, the last surviving member of the immediate family, was relieved last month
"All these 55 years, I guess I learned as a child to put it in an abstract form so I could deal with it; it's easier to accept," Ashman said.
"It was just complete and utter shock," said Ashman, who lives in Mena, Ark., but spoke to The Associated Press from Newport, N.C., where she was visiting her daughter.
But the younger sister is grappling with the fact that Howard was murdered and is aching to know who killed her.
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