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Yeah I find this interesting too. A methyl group separates the street drug meth from the prescribed drug amphetamine. The main role that methyl group plays is t
by culi 2y ago
Yeah I find this interesting too. A methyl group separates the street drug meth from the prescribed drug amphetamine. The main role that methyl group plays is the way it crosses the blood brain barrier. During the process of crossing the methyl group is lost. Which means with both meth and regular amphetamine the chemical that reaches your brain is the same.
I wonder if the dimethyl plays the same role here. Allowing it to cross the blood brain barrier faster
- scotteric 2y agoAs an aside, methamphetamine is also a prescribed drug in the US, called Desoxyn.
- culi 2y agoFascinating. In ww2 the Allies used methamphetamine heavily to keep their soldiers awake and able to fight. When those soldiers got back they missed the drug and for a while it was something you could just buy at any old drug store
- lazide 2y agoThe Germans did it first and ‘more better’. It was one of the forces behind the blitzkreig. Their brand name was ‘Pervitin’. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Nazi_Germany#:~:text=Nazi%20military%20doctor%20Otto%20Friedrich,speed%20of%20Germany's%20initial%20blitzkrieg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Nazi_Germany#....] “Drug use in the German military during World War II was actively encouraged and widespread, especially during the war's later stages as the Wehrmacht became depleted and increasingly dependent on youth as opposed to experience.[4]” A lot of things make more sense about WW2 if you realize most major combatants were on heavy duty drugs during large portions of it.