Take Your Pills

What would you take to be the best?

In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way to do more -- faster and better. But at what cost?

Documentary

Eben Britton

(Self - Former NFL Player (as Eben))

Dr. Wendy Brown

(Self - Political Theorist, UC Berkeley)

Ariana

(Self - College Sophomore)

Delaney

(Self - College Junior)

Jasper Holt-Teza

(Self - College Senior (as Jasper))

Leigh

(Self - College Senior)

Anjan Chatterjee

(Self - Chair of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania)

Alan Schwarz

(Self - Journalist, Author - ADHD Nation)

Nicholas Rasmussen

(Self - Author, On Speed)

Nathanael

(Self - Software Engineer)

Sheila Britt

(Self - Eben's Wife (as Brit))

Martha Farah

(Self - Cognitive Neuroscientist, University of Pennsylvania)

Carl Hart

(Self - Chair of Psychology, Columbia University)

Lawrence Diller

(Self - Pediatrician, Author - Running on Ritalin)

Steve Hinshaw

(Self - Psychologist, Author - The ADHD Explosion)

Blue Williams

(Self - Artist Management (as Blue))

Bianka

(Self - Leigh's Roommate)

Liz Jorgensen

(Self - Psychotherapist)

Peter

(Self - Financial Analyst)

Regina Holt-Teza

(Self - Jasper's Mom (as Regina))

Bill Holt

(Self - Jasper's Dad (as Bill))

Maxine

(Self - Blue's Mom)

Keith Conner

(Self - Conducted First Controlled Ritalin Study)

Corey Hebert

(Self - Pediatrician)

Rahiem

(Self - High School Student)

Sherry

(Self - Rahiem's Mom)

Jesse Lawler

(Self - Podcast Host, Smart Drug Smarts)

Lucas Siegel

(Self - Co-Founder, AlternaScript (as Lucas))

Matthew Piskorz

(Self - Co-Founder, AlternaScript (as Matthew))

Lily

(Self - Startup Publicist)

Dr. James Fadiman

(Self - Psychedelic Researcher)

Gordon Alles

(Self (archive footage))

Ringo Starr

(Self (archive footage))

George Harrison

(Self (archive footage))

John Lennon

(Self (archive footage))

Paul McCartney

(Self (archive footage))

Brigid Berlin

(Self (archive footage))

William S. Burroughs

(Self (archive footage))

Allen Ginsberg

(Self (archive footage))

Albert Hofmann

(Self (archive footage))

Max Jacobson

(Self (archive footage))

Jack Kerouac

(Self (archive footage))

Carla Panganiban

(Elementary Student (as Karla Panganiban))

Charlie Parker

(Self (archive footage))

Edie Sedgwick

(Self (archive footage))

Andy Warhol

(Self (archive footage))

Frank Zappa

(Self (archive footage))