seriously. look it up. the "shortage" is because the DEA decided to intentionally limit production, on the grounds that ADHD is overdiagnosed and people are recreationally abusing the meds.

which, as I've heard it pointed out, even if that's true, is like trying to limit car theft by reducing the number of cars manufactured.

all you're doing in the end is punishing the people who need cars to commute to work or go grocery shopping - and creating a growing automobile black market that people who legitimately need a car will need to turn to.

and policies like that increase criminalization, which increases prison populations, which in turn increases the availability of legal slave labor.

and there you go. that's your reason. same shit, different day, only instead of weed it's stimulant meds.