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I know people who had horrible addictions to ketamine and adderall (who also had depression and ADHD) who managed to recover from those addictions and years lat
by sneak 2y ago
I know people who had horrible addictions to ketamine and adderall (who also had depression and ADHD) who managed to recover from those addictions and years later use them appropriately and in reasonable therapeutic doses on a normal therapeutic schedule for treatment of same.
Anecdotes are not data and abuse potential isn’t really relevant to their clinical utility. Do we need to have a comment about junkies whenever someone mentions that they received fentanyl for a major surgery?
- user3939382 2y agoMaybe there’s a danger in 100% of the time discussing this drug’s benefits with no discussion of the risks.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoAren't there always risks with any treatment though? I'm not sure why psychedelics need to be specially called out.
- dhdjruf 2y agoIts a schedule 1 drug for a reason. Many people have used psychedelics and have had permentant changes to their personality. I think the hippie stereotype is indicative to how damaging psychedelics have on the mind. You look at these people they are happy but something is clearly wrong.
- sneak 2y agoKetamine is schedule 3. It is regularly prescribed. Schedule 1 substances basically can’t be prescribed without very special circumstances and permission. (Marijuana is in this class in the USA, strangely enough, along with MDMA.) Even methamphetamine and cocaine aren’t Schedule 1.
- ViktorRay 2y agoKetamine is actually a Schedule 3 drug. Schedule 3 drugs have strict regulations but are not on the same level as Schedule 1 drugs. Schedule 1 is the most severe in terms of regulation. Adderall is Schedule 2.
- antonkochubey 2y agoAnd marijuana is still schedule 1, surprisingly
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- thejazzman 2y agoi envy those people so very very much. i don't care how wrong it might seem to appear happy, sounds awesome.
- solumunus 2y agoThey don’t and aren’t.