i'm lauren hidalgo, i'm an internist and co-medical chief of staff at the san jose state student health center. i'm erica altman, i'm a student here at san jose state and i am diagnosed with add and prescribed adderall for it. i'm hayley thenar and i'm a student here at san jose state. my name is christina rotar and i'm the student correspondent for the story. i thank you all for being here this morning and certainly i want to start by helping the audience understand this drug. we hear about adderall, but what's it for, purposefully? help us understand that. well, i think using adderall is something that is a first line of defense against treating adult adh-- in treating adult adhd just as well as adhd in children. i think for the pharmacological effects i think i'll turn more to the doctor and have her speak more to that. ok. uh, i would like to first of all say adderall is one of many stimulant medications and i think adderall is a buzzword that a lot of people know what that means but there are also other names that we could go over if you're interested. well, what's it for? so it's