methamphetamine
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methamphetamine is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 3 times across 3 issues between June 09, 2021 and October 29, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “there’s not much chemical difference between methamphetamine and Adderall”; “Many recreational drugs (including dangerous ones like methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl) have accepted medical uses”; “The rise in cocaine and methamphetamine overdoses”. It most often appears alongside Adderall, California, cocaine.
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- Category: Concepts
- Mention count: 3
- Issue count: 3
- First seen: June 09, 2021
- Last seen: October 29, 2024
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
Every so often somebody realizes that there's not much chemical difference between methamphetamine and Adderall. Then they freak out that we give ADHD kids Adderall all the time. Isn't that like giving them crystal meth?
See eg Shoblock et al:
Inline links: Shoblock et al
So should we be less concerned about methamphetamine? More concerned about Adderall? Or what?
If we eliminate prescriptions, then how do you get Adderall and painkillers? Remember, the FDA doesn’t fight the War on Drugs - that’s the DEA, a different agency. Many recreational drugs (including dangerous ones like methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl) have accepted medical uses. Right now, you’re allowed to use those drugs with a prescription, but not otherwise. If there’s no prescription system, can everyone buy these drugs at the corner store? Can nobody buy them?
(The rise in cocaine and methamphetamine overdoses over this same period most likely also reflects the spread of fentanyl. The data here record deaths by “non-mutually exclusive substance category” – that is, if a person is found dead with both fentanyl and methamphetamine in their system, both will be recorded. These combined overdoses from fentanyl+meth or fentanyl+cocaine are common in San Francisco.)
Inline links: San Francisco