Homeless in Arizona

If you ask me, drugs should be legal for EVERYONE, not just cops.

I think the government schools, or the public schools as most people call them routinely hands out Adderall to "problem children" to shut them up and make them behave.

The government seems to have a double standard on drugs.

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Arizona police board relaxes policy on recruits' Adderall use

Megan Cassidy, The Republic | azcentral.com 7:57 a.m. MST March 11, 2016

It can get you high or it can get you A's.

Adderall, formally prescribed as an ADHD medication, has long been favored by college students for its off-the-books reputation as a study aid or mood-boosting party drug.

Both practices are technically illegal without a prescription, but the distinction could now mean the difference between passing and failing a recruitment test to be an Arizona police officer.

The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board recently adopted new guidelines that relax the policy on hiring applicants who admit to previous, illegal use of Adderall or its cousins.

Under current state law, applicants are disqualified from attending an academy if they had “illegally used a dangerous drug or narcotic, other than marijuana, for any purpose within the past seven years.”

Adderall, a stimulant and the most recognizable brand name in the amphetamine class, is defined in Arizona as a dangerous drug if taken without a prescription.

The medication is often used recreationally as a “euphoriant” or aphrodisiac, according to AZPOST.

The new policy opens a loophole, however, for those who took the drug as a study aid.

“It is not uncommon for students to take Adderall or a similar drug while in school to help them study for exams or other academic endeavors,” the guidelines state. “This is not a purpose generally considered recreational or experimental.”

The new guidelines were written in response to an increasingly common question posed by those in charge of officer recruitment. About once or twice a month, the board would be asked to clarify its position on Adderall use, according to Jack Lane, AZPOST's interim executive director.

“Agencies were finding that they were getting someone who’s fresh out of college and then we were disqualifying them as applicants,” Lane said, noting the seven-year rule. “(The new policy) allows us a little wiggle room under the circumstances.”

Still, the policy only provides a narrow window, Lane said. It only allows for one or two usages if it was past the age of 21. Any more could still be considered a pattern of abuse, which would be a disqualifier.

Anthony Lopez, a Phoenix police lieutenant who oversees the agency’s efforts to refill nearly 700 vacancies, said the policy now views the prescription stimulants less like street drugs and more along the lines of borrowing someone else’s prescription painkiller. The latter is generally allowed on a limited basis.

Lopez said most of the applicants who admitted to Adderall use only tried it a couple of times.

“This should open the door for most of the applicants that had an Adderall deal-killer in their packet,” he said. “Most of them only have a few usages, and therefore it may not be considered abuse.”