I am not making this up. It’s very upsetting to see people in their 60s and 70s, anti-drug their whole lives, becoming dependent on this crap.
I really dont think you mean adderal. Adderall is an ADD medicine. Ativan is an anxiety med.
From what you are describing, it is more likely the latter and not the former. Are they calm after taking it; sleeping more and better? Or were they jumpy and talkative.
I am not discounting you, I think you might just have the names wrong.
Yes, it is bad to get elders physically dependent on these meds if it is not entirely necessary.