Joe Rogan on adderall: what the evidence says · JRE #2223
SUBJECT: ADDERALL
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
We googled it like one year. There was like 39 million prescriptions for Adderall in this country.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
A prescription-audit report compiled by IQVIA for the DEA (November 2024) shows total U.S. stimulant prescriptions rose from about 50.4 million in 2012 to 80.8 million in 2023. In 2023, amphetamine/dextroamphetamine products (the class that includes Adderall) accounted for 49% of stimulant prescriptions, which works out to roughly 39-40 million prescriptions that year. Rogan's recalled figure of 'about 39 million' falls squarely within this documented range for that product class, making it a reasonable, roughly accurate order-of-magnitude figure rather than an exaggeration. Note that this 49%-of-stimulants figure covers the broader amphetamine/dextroamphetamine drug class (including generics), not brand-name Adderall alone, so the precise Adderall-only count could differ somewhat from this estimate.