The Drugs Young Bankers Use to Get Through the Day – and Night [Unscrupulous doctors are helping Wall Street employees to get addictive prescription drugs after they lie on a 5 minute questionnaire]

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Posted on 12/15/2024 10:42:10 PM PST by grundle

As Mark Moran was facing another 90-hour week as an investment-banking intern at Credit Suisse in New York, he knew he needed help to survive the rest of the summer. His colleagues gave him a tip: Visit a Wall Street health clinic and tell the staff he had trouble focusing.

Ahead of his first appointment, he filled out a five-minute questionnaire. One of the questions asked if he had trouble staying organized, another, if he procrastinated. He then met with a clinician who said his answers suggested he had attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. He left with a prescription for Adderall.

“They gave me a script, and within months, I was hooked,” said Moran, now 33 years old and running his own investor-relations firm. He’s also a provocative personality on social media, commenting on finance, politics and culture, including prescription drug use. “You become dependent on it to work.”

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1 posted on 12/15/2024 10:42:10 PM PST by grundle

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