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ADHD is not meth in the same way grain alcohol is not wood alcohol.
by bigbillheck 5y ago
ADHD is not meth in the same way grain alcohol is not wood alcohol.
- datameta 5y agoFor the reader, that's not only an apt analogy - it's a chemically accurate one. Structurally the difference between methamphetamine and amphetamine as well as between ethanol and methanol is a methyl group. Pharmacologically it's a different story - methanol is not a safe substance with any dose.
- datameta 5y agoAddendum: This isn't to imply that methamphetamine has dosage that eliminates its side effects and neurotoxicity, but rather that drinking methanol will quite easily make one go blind.
- bigbillheck 5y agoIt's only now, several hours later, that I realize I meant to have written 'adderall'. Good grief.