This rumor is dumb as hell. Ritalin is not basically prescribed meth. They're both stimulants, but Ritalin (methylphenidate) is not even an amphetamine. In fact, it's distantly derived from Thebaine, an alkaloid of the Opium Poppy.
They're both stimulants, but they're not very comparable. Ritalin is WAY weaker and far less euphoric. Caffeine, also being a stimulant, could be taken in high enough doses to produce effects similar to Ritalin. They make caffeine powder and people snort that shit if they're desperate for a high.
One further piece of evidence that Ritalin is not "prescription meth" is that methamphetamine IS prescribed, under the brand name Desoxyn, but this is EXTREMELY rare and only reserved for the most treatment-resistant cases of morbid obesity, or in even rarer cases ADHD (and only if there is no history in the patient or their family of addiction or mood disorders).
So you never had or heard of someone that does not have ADHD looking to buy any ritalin ? I have known people that have taken ritalin and it is like speed to them.
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And people with ADHD are given what to keep them level ? Ritalin, and that is pretty much a prescribed speed or meth.
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This rumor is dumb as hell. Ritalin is not basically prescribed meth. They're both stimulants, but Ritalin (methylphenidate) is not even an amphetamine. In fact, it's distantly derived from Thebaine, an alkaloid of the Opium Poppy.
They're both stimulants, but they're not very comparable. Ritalin is WAY weaker and far less euphoric. Caffeine, also being a stimulant, could be taken in high enough doses to produce effects similar to Ritalin. They make caffeine powder and people snort that shit if they're desperate for a high.
One further piece of evidence that Ritalin is not "prescription meth" is that methamphetamine IS prescribed, under the brand name Desoxyn, but this is EXTREMELY rare and only reserved for the most treatment-resistant cases of morbid obesity, or in even rarer cases ADHD (and only if there is no history in the patient or their family of addiction or mood disorders).
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So you never had or heard of someone that does not have ADHD looking to buy any ritalin ? I have known people that have taken ritalin and it is like speed to them.