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The reason seems to be stigma as far as I can tell. The negative effects don't seem to be worse than Adderall/Dexedrine and the positive effects are usually a

by Tenoke 4y ago

The reason seems to be stigma as far as I can tell. The negative effects don't seem to be worse than Adderall/Dexedrine and the positive effects are usually a bit better. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/know-your-amphetamines https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/know-your-amphetamines

sudosysgen 4y ago
Not quite. Differences in action have been found : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4497800/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4497800/, and there is reason to believe this could cause higher toxicity.
spiralx 4y ago
Methamphetamine is neurotoxic, lis-/dex-amphetamine and methylphenidate are not.