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Updated: Friday, 01 Mar 2013, 1:53 PM EST
Published : Friday, 01 Mar 2013, 1:53 PM EST

JAKE SOHN | Exponent Campus Editor

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Exponent) - Imagine a full classroom of students taking an exam. Five students have a prescription for Adderall that they took this morning, but five others don’t. Are the five students taking medication illegally cheating?

According to the 2012 Purdue Wellness Survey, 2.7 percent of Purdue students reported using a stimulant medication without a prescription to improve their concentration and focus within the last year. It was also reported that 4.2 percent of Purdue students took a stimulant medication to improve their concentration and focus within the last year with a doctor’s prescription.

Wyatt Hodges, a graduate student in the College of Engineering, said that as a teaching assistant, he has not experienced an incident involving a student taking Adderall illegally.

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