A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public
  • Icalasari@fedia.io
    7·
    3 months ago

    Although the ADHD joke is spot on - ADHD gets treated with amphetamines, and straight up meth is used for the most severe cases (I myself am on dextroamphetamine for my ADHD)

    • BiezelbobEnglish
      21·
      3 months ago

      methamphetamine is neurotoxic and not used medically, except the levo isomer in some cough/congestion formulas

      • canihasaccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Desoxyn would like a word.

        Edit to add: more commonly prescribed amphetamines are neurotoxic, too. Whether they are neurotoxic at clinical doses is still debated.