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A little bit of context for this story. We sometimes give our fighter pilots an identical drug[0]. Sometimes we give our children an identical drug. We call
by JamesBarney 11y ago
A little bit of context for this story. We sometimes give our fighter pilots an identical drug[0]. Sometimes we give our children an identical drug. We call it adderall or amphetamine. This article sounds to me very much like a scare piece.
But I guess "Syrian rebels and government soldiers accuse each other of using adderall" is not catchy enough :).
[0] Technically Captagon also has theophylline which is a methylxanthine similar to caffeine that is in chocolate.
Also we use just one isomer of amphetamine as opposed to both.
It's not really a mixture of the two so much as a pro drug.
- aburan28 11y agoEh, sort of. Captagon is a produg to amphetamine and theophylline and is controlled level 1 meaning it's completely illegal in the United States. It is rampant in Saudi Arabia
- JamesBarney 11y ago:) I had a feeling someone on HN might come by and correct me, that's why I made sure my post included a disclaimer at the end of my post pro-drug and addition of theophylline. But I am curious what you think prodrug-vs-drug, addition of theophylline, and scheduling adds to the context of the story? To me it didn't seem especially important, but I only read up on Captagon because of the story.