When joining the military, what is the policy on amphetamines being present during the drug screening?

I'm currently prescribed to Adderall, the medication for ADD which is a sodium-amphetamine, but an amphetamine nonetheless. Does anybody know the policy that the military takes when a candidate is prescribed to amphetamines for ADD and tests positive for amphetamines (only referring to those legally prescribed, not methamphetamine or any other illegal form). I'm currently a second semester freshman at college and plan on transferring to a school with a NROTC program to enter the Marines as an Officer.|||You cannot enlist untill you have been off your ADD medications for a year.|||I have seen this question asked about 20 times.





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"Unfortunately, you are not allowed to be on any meds during basic. There's no way to get a waiver for this, they will confiscate all meds you bring with you and if they find it you will get kicked out. When you first arrive they go through your bags and any meds you bring are evaluated by the docs. If it's birth control (the only Rx you CAN be on), the docs will re-issue you "AF standard" bc. You don't get your own meds back until you leave basic. If you're on ADD meds you need to be off them for at least a year before you enlist, or else stay on and just don't tell anyone (although with Adderall it may show up in a drug test, your choice to take the risk)."|||You can get in with ADD but im pretty sure you have to be able to manage it by yourself with out meds. As someone else said you are not allowed perscription meds in basic. When i went through they were not even allowing birth control until soldiers made it through basic to AIT.|||As long as you have a Dr's perscription and the Recruiter knows before hand (for some kind of "waiver"), shouldn't be a problem. But I would guess that would disqualify you from several MOS choices though.|||You have a prescription, therefore you're fine.|||If it is prescribed, you have no problem there.


But you may want to check to see if they accept anyone with ADD.|||Legal drugs should be fine. Good luck with your chosen career!