David Goodhue
All Headline News
October 22, 2009

Adolescents exposed to amphetamines, including drugs prescribed treat attention disorders, for long periods of time, may develop memory problems as adults, according to new research.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers conducted their study on rats. They said that the animals given the drugs as adolescents fared worse on memory tests than animals given the same drugs as adults.