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Take Your Pills

Take Your Pills

What would you take to be the best?

2018•1h 27m•6.5/10
Documentary

Ratings

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6.5/10(142)

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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Production

Motto Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

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)

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