ADHD medication is wrongly used in attempt to market the drug to doctors, parents, and patients. To shed some light upon how ADHD medication came to be, Mr. Griggs bought a small pharmaceutical company. He soon discovered that his weight loss pill, Obetrol, might be effective for the treatment of ADHD. Griggs then published his findings and marketed the pill. Later, selling his company to Shire for $186 million (Schwarz 3). Spending millions more to promote this "life changing" pill to doctors. Singer Adam Levine from the Maroon 5 is one the many public figures that have marketed drugs for ADHD. His campaign is "It's your A.D.H.D. - own it" (Schwarz 3). Many have fallen victim to campaigns like this, believing that drugs can actually "give
