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In the past week, two Texas Tech students have died from suspected overdoses of prescription drugs mixed with narcotics. In another incident, John Henry Allen stabbed Tech student Zachary Kafer reportedly while on 120 milligrams of prescription drug Vyvanse.
In a previous poll on The Hub@TTU, 62 percent of respondents reported illegally using prescription drugs Adderall and Vyvanse while studying. This means the drugs were used without a prescription or were not used under intended circumstances.
George Comiskey, a licensed chemical dependency counselor who teaches in Tech’s Department of Community, Family and Addiction Sciences, said in an interview about study drugs that the prevalence of prescription drugs in our culture makes them fairly easy to get.
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