Data is being examined to determine if ADHD medications predispose individuals to addiction to other substances.

“I will also answer questions that are commonly asked such as how these drugs impact things like sleep hormone Health reproductive Health as well as what is their impact on height indeed it was one prominent hypothesis that these ADHD meds could actually restrict the height of children I'll tell you whether or not that's actually true or not and I will discuss the data surrounding whether or not these drugs predispose people to becoming addicts to other substances even if people cease or continue taking the stimulants that can help them in the clinical sense for a ADHD”