there are freakout posts every hour or so on r/adhd. desperate plans to amass a huge petition of signatures, or challenge it legally with a class act. lawsuit, but mostly a lot of despair and disbelief. also some blaming of the so-called undeserved adderall users that are allegedly the official reason for the shortage...and something about tiktok users.

it's bad and capitalism is certainly the reason why. i'd like to understand the nuance of it more though if anyone had some good leftist takes on it.

    • CommunistBarbie [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      “they used this shit to make bonobos do algebra, so it’s probably fine for me”

      • AtomicBeans [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I'd never do a stimulant but I've done some LSD analogues before and they're pretty good.

        Of course it's a crap-shoot because it just as easily could end up toxic which is just another reason why the war on drugs is big stinky.

        • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          There was a Ketamine analog that was fucking amazing but it got too popular and now there's no one in China producing it anymore along with bans in a lot of countries.