Firstly, I was damn sure taken aback by the generic name on the label: Amphetamine Salts.

Sounds like a cross between Meth and Bath Salts.

If you do some research on it, it pretty much improves human performance at everything. While it doesn’t improve strength and speed, it gives you more awareness of your body allowing you to perform techniques to perfection, thus indirectly boosting speed and lifting ability. One study showed shot putters throw an average of 5% farther when on Adderall as opposed to off it.

We issue amphetamines very chemically similar to Adderall to fighter pilots in the Air Force (they’re called Go Pills) to keep them awake and alert for 15 hour flights, as well as to boost their performance in dog fights.

My guess with these guys is that they actually have an ADD diagnosis and prescription for Adderall but didn’t do the paperwork with the league, we’ve seen that before. Why do I assume that? Because generally speaking Adderall isn’t used by pro athletes because one of its side effects is murdering your appetite and causing weight loss.

As for me? I didn’t feel anything at all. My words per minute typing went up by like 5 per minute on average or so, but that could just be placebo.

Dr. is doubling my dosage to 20mg and we’ll see what happens.

Just in case anyone was wondering about what these people were caught with.

First, Joe Haden; now it’s Eric Wright. Who’s next, Sheldon Brown?

Either that, or these guys using a drug that has gotten so many suspended. That would fall under the category of “incredibly stupid”.