• EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      They’re not the same drug. They’re related compounds. Similar how both ethanol and methanol are alcohols (related), but methanol will make you blind.

      Methamphetamine is a stronger compound compared to amphetamine and can keep you awake for days at a time.

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        11 months ago

        https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/how-do-adderall-and-meth-methamphetamine-differ#differences

        In this article, it’s made clear how there is a legal meth medication for ADHD and the doctors note that that “They are very similar medications. Their chemical structure is almost the same”.

        Meth and Adderall are not always chemically identical, but their makeup and effects are very similar and their difference is largely in how much amphetamine is prescribed and how it’s used and how poorly it is manufactured and regulated.

        like methanol and ethanol, that’s a good comparison.

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          11 months ago

          That’s by the way a great comparison. While drinking small amounts of ethanol is perfectly safe, drinking the same amount of methanol could blind or even kill you.

          Things being chemically almost the same doesn’t really mean anything for what they do to a person. Crack and cocaine are almost exactly the same, yet the consequences of taking crack are so much more severe.

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        https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/how-do-adderall-and-meth-methamphetamine-differ#differences

        In this article, it’s made clear how there is a legal meth medication for ADHD and the doctors note that that “They are very similar medications. Their chemical structure is almost the same”.

        Meth and Adderall are not always chemically identical, but their makeup and effects are very similar and their difference is largely in how much amphetamine is prescribed and how it’s used and how poorly it is manufactured and regulated.

        If accurate medical information causes you to stigmatize others, you’ll have to reexamine your own beliefs after learning more.

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      11 months ago

      Not only is this wrong, the prevalence of this weird comparison fuels more stigma and dismissal of people who already have to struggle to get Adderall without judgment from their own doctors and pharmacists, when it’s literally one of the only high percentage treatments for ADHD.

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        https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/how-do-adderall-and-meth-methamphetamine-differ#differences

        In this article, it’s made clear how there is a legal meth medication for ADHD and the doctors note that that “They are very similar medications. Their chemical structure is almost the same”.

        Meth and Adderall are not always chemically identical, but their makeup and effects are very similar and their difference is largely in how much amphetamine is prescribed and how it’s used and how poorly it is manufactured and regulated.

        If accurate medical information causes you to stigmatize others, you’ll have to reexamine your own beliefs after learning more.

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          11 months ago

          “Since Adderall is chemically meth” is not medical information, nor is it accurate, but is what you posted.

          Literally the next sentence after your quoted line:

          While these small differences are important in how they affect us, without a degree in chemistry, they can be difficult to discern.

          Then, digging just ONE CENTIMETER FURTHER into either article, the OP is clearly about illegal meth, and the article you linked describes illegal meth as wildly, exponentially different from Desoxyn or Adderall.

          Get your harmful bullshit out of here. “How is this news?” Idk try reading the article man.

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            11 months ago

            Idk who taught people the incorrect definition for “exponentially different”, but it does not mean “identical”, “very similar” or “minutely different”.

            And how “different” illegal meth is from legal meth is based on its dosages and regulation, which both articles state.

            So yea, you could read the articles, I just don’t know if they would benefit you since your reading comprehension isn’t up to snuff.

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              11 months ago

              From your linked article that you don’t seem to have read beyond whatever quote you think vindicates the incorrect thing you typed:

              However, Brody explains it’s essential to understand that the safety and tolerability of legalized prescription ADHD medications are miles apart compared with illegal meth.

              “To emphasize this, I will compare it to the degree to which the distance to the moon dwarfs the distance to the local supermarket,” he states.

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                11 months ago

                You do know that agreeing with my previous comments and article is not the slam you think it is, right?

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                  11 months ago

                  I’d say to learn to fucking read, but that’s not even the main problem with you. It’s not even the condescending smugness while being clearly wrong, though that does make you insufferable.

                  The real problem is how the only conversation you want to have is to undermine a valid news article for invalid reasons and to undermine the people responding with relevant lived experience, then intentionally miss the point and double down to attempt to convince yourself you didn’t say something stupid in the first place. Fuck off.

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                    11 months ago

                    Yea, projecting your exact issues onto others is a valid choice.

                    Love how being right translates into being wrong if you don’t like the science.