Is adderall really this expensive during "off-season"?

By now most colleges should be done with their finals and well into their summer. The "adderall season" is at least few weeks past due.

Yet, why am I seeing vendors in Agora charging in the upwards of $20-$30 for a 20mg IR pop? I wasn't expecting to see anything higher than $10 a pop maximum during this time of the year.

If this is the darknet market price during what is supposed to be an off-season, my mind is boggled at what the vendors could charge during peak-demand.

Am I looking in the wrong place or is this fairly normal?


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[5 Points] None:

If vendors lowered the price customers would take advantage and stock up, thus losing them money.

That's my guess anyway.


[5 Points] HereWeeGo:

Adderall is only available in the US. It's 'not 'allowed' or not available elsewhere. I've never looked up why.... there was a article posted here last week I think about the % of buyers by country or region. Believe it or not the US was not #1.
So this stuff may also account for it.


[3 Points] None:

Most pills (real ones at least) are pretty expensive on the darknet, just the way it is


[2 Points] yellowandmellow:

Damn that's a fucking rip off, I get 60 20mgs IR a month for 8 bucks through my fathers insurance but I take two a day cause I need them. I wonder what the companies charge the insurance per pill.


[1 Points] rogueXleader:

You could probably get it for less directly from someone who gets a script, but there are a number of reasons behind the cost. First off, it's incredibly expensive, even with insurance, to see the specialist most psychiatrists refer you to before prescribing anything, the psychiatrist visits are expensive (some regular MD's will fill it but you need a prior history of taking it for an extended period) as you have to go every 3 months per the rules on scheduled substances, for every script you have to take a sheet of paper in and have them refill it on the day it's due for refill and wait because the laws don't allow refills on it to be stored in the system by pharmacies anymore, and for a while(though it's gotten better now) there was a shortage even for legitimate prescriptions. For two months at least not a single pharmacy within 50 miles of me could fill my script because of shortages. The DEA apparently placed restrictions on how much pharmaceutical companies could produce at one time, or so I was told by a pharmacist. I'm also pretty sure pharmacies that do have it in stock rarely keep high dosages in stock anymore. I used to get one 30mg IR and one 20mg extended release a day prescribed during college, and could fill those no sweat at all. Now it's damned near impossible in my area to even find a lot of the dosages so my doc has had to write out a script to split the strengths that are available. Also, for whatever reason, I haven't been able to get the peach or green chalky ones that were the standby for so long in my area. No clue why


[1 Points] GetyourownboX09:

a significant percentage of the supply comes from students who only get their scrips filled during the school year...surprisingly, students contribute far more the the DNM supply of study drugs than they do to the demand (much easier to knock on your neighbors door in the dorms than buy online) so that's why you see the opposite of what you'd expect for prices right now


[1 Points] PinkHorsey:

you haven't heard that cocaine is the new adderall?


[1 Points] Zathras_listens:

You could search Craigslist for "study aids" if you are really desperate. It works. Just weigh the risk reward for yourself and remember that police are out there looking for the dealers not some guy trying to score some adderall.


[-1 Points] noonehear:

Medical grade meth vs lab cooked meth is the reason why the prices are so high. 10 years ago in college I would get it for free for helping "tutor" people in upper level math classes. And by free the girl was like oh I have like 6 more bottles full of those I dont take them that often.... told her what they were worth and she was just happy I got her to pass advanced analysis. At the time it was 5usd for a 30mg time release.


[-4 Points] footlockervip:

adderall is a fucking waste.

get amphetamine powder or better yet meth.

or no wait, spend 20 per pill for a shitty high.