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The title makes it sound more provocative than it really is. It's like saying "America's Love Affair with Glasses" or "America's Love Affair with Insulin".
The article is actually pretty good. For many Americans Adderall and other stimulates to treat ADHD let us function in society and the shortage was hard on millions of Americans.
"function in society" is a weird way of saying "hammering someone into a productive overworked cogwheel, because heavens forbid that we actually give people unproductive idle time or try to accommodate diversity"
Because that's not why many of us are on these meds. For me, they allow me to not burn the house down cooking dinner, and ensure that I still have enough executive function left after work to not lose it on my kids due to the chaos they cause in my house. I don't take the meds to be a productive worker bee, I take them so that I can be a decent mom and take care of myself and my family.