[0]> According to FDA manufacturer surveys, by 1962, US production reached an estimated 80000 kg of amphetamine salts, corresponding to consumption of 43 standa

[0]> According to FDA manufacturer surveys, by 1962, US production reached an estimated 80000 kg of amphetamine salts, corresponding to consumption of 43 standard 10-mg doses per person per year on a total-population basis. Thus, in amphetamine alone, the United States in the early 1960s was using nearly as much psychotropic medication as the 65 doses per person per year in the present decade that social critics today find so extraordinary. And the 1960s are rightly remembered for excessive minor tranquilizer consumption, around 14 standard doses per person per year on the basis of retail prescription sales. It is rarely appreciated that in the early 1960s, amphetamines were actually consumed at a higher rate than tranquilizers. Total amphetamine production 2024[1]: Lisdexamfetamine 26,500kg d-amphetamine (for sale) 21,200kg d,l-amphetamine 21,200kg d-amphetamine (for conversion) 20,000kg Population of USA in 1962: 184.9 million Population of USA Today: 331.9 million This covers the 41.4 million prescriptions for amphetamine in 2021 which would be enough for 3.45 million people, but not illicit amphetamine/methamphetamine. 1.2 million Americans reported using methamphetamine in the past year. Also other similar stimulants like methylphenidate, modafinil would also have to be calculated into any analysis, these weren't nearly as popular in the 1960's. 63,000kg of methylphenidate are produced in USA for 2024. 0: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377281/ 1: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/02/2023-24282/proposed-aggregate-production-quotas-for-schedule-i-and-ii-controlled-substances-and-assessment-of https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/02/2023-24...