Take Your Pills

Take Your Pills

6.5IMDb Score
Released:2018-03-09
Genre:Documentary
Duration:87 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Alison Klayman
Actors:Eben Britton, Dr. Wendy Brown, Ariana, Delaney, Jasper Holt-Teza
Production:Motto Pictures

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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