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.

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I don’t think anyone is out there claiming there is anything natural about it.

    :I-was-saying:

    ADHD, like autism, has a host of genetic and environmental causative factors, i.e. it's both nature and nurture.

    • Fartster [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Hmm, well I stand corrected and I'm glad I logged in to see this discussion my comment created. Not sure what I was even thinking because I knew it was partly genetic, but I was possibly referring to the treatment with amphetamines.