Take Your Pills

Take Your Pills(2018)

"What would you take to be the best?"

6.5/10
139 votes
87 minMarch 9, 2018

Overview

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?

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Eben Britton

Self - Former NFL Player (as Eben)

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Dr. Wendy Brown

Self - Political Theorist, UC Berkeley

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Ariana

Self - College Sophomore

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Delaney

Self - College Junior

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Jasper Holt-Teza

Self - College Senior (as Jasper)

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Leigh

Self - College Senior

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Anjan Chatterjee

Self - Chair of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania

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Alan Schwarz

Self - Journalist, Author - ADHD Nation

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Nicholas Rasmussen

Self - Author, On Speed

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Nathanael

Self - Software Engineer

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Sheila Britt

Self - Eben's Wife (as Brit)

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Martha Farah

Self - Cognitive Neuroscientist, University of Pennsylvania

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Carl Hart

Self - Chair of Psychology, Columbia University

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Lawrence Diller

Self - Pediatrician, Author - Running on Ritalin

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Steve Hinshaw

Self - Psychologist, Author - The ADHD Explosion

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Blue Williams

Self - Artist Management (as Blue)

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Bianka

Self - Leigh's Roommate

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Liz Jorgensen

Self - Psychotherapist

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Peter

Self - Financial Analyst

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Regina Holt-Teza

Self - Jasper's Mom (as Regina)

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Bill Holt

Self - Jasper's Dad (as Bill)

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Maxine

Self - Blue's Mom

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Keith Conner

Self - Conducted First Controlled Ritalin Study

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Corey Hebert

Self - Pediatrician

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Rahiem

Self - High School Student

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Sherry

Self - Rahiem's Mom

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Jesse Lawler

Self - Podcast Host, Smart Drug Smarts

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Lucas Siegel

Self - Co-Founder, AlternaScript (as Lucas)

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Matthew Piskorz

Self - Co-Founder, AlternaScript (as Matthew)

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Lily

Self - Startup Publicist

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Dr. James Fadiman

Self - Psychedelic Researcher

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Gordon Alles

Self (archive footage)

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Self (archive footage)

George Harrison

George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

John Lennon

John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage)

Brigid Berlin

Brigid Berlin

Self (archive footage)

William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs

Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

Albert Hofmann

Albert Hofmann

Self (archive footage)

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Max Jacobson

Self (archive footage)

Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac

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Carla Panganiban

Elementary Student (as Karla Panganiban)

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Charlie Parker

Self (archive footage)

Edie Sedgwick

Edie Sedgwick

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Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

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Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

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