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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by JumpCrisscross on Saturday January 07, 2023 @11:44AM (#34289750)
> an alarming trend of young people reading “harm reduction” material online and assuming they know the full picture of the risks of drug use

Is anyone attempting to harm-reductively try meth?

Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by anonymoushn on Saturday January 07, 2023 @12:32PM (#34290367)
Probably not, but this is an artifact of the audience of "harm reduction" material. If there were things aimed at students and professionals who take prescription stimulants informing them that there's an alternative prescription stimulant that is comparably very highly reviewed by patients[0] for boring reasons like "it helps me live my life and has fewer annoying side effects" then that probably wouldn't be "harm reduction" material.

[0]: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/know-your-amphetamines

Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by glerk on Saturday January 07, 2023 @11:50AM (#34289832)
Methamphetamine has a bad rep, but taken orally in small quantities it is not much more dangerous than adderall, and has pretty much the same side effects. It can be legally prescribed for ADHD (brand name Desoxyn).
Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by PragmaticPulp on Saturday January 07, 2023 @11:48AM (#34289791)
Yes.

The “harm reduction” websites are full of information about things like: Dose ranges for beginners, what effects to expect at different dose levels, routes of administration, and so on.

This information is targeted at beginners or drug curious people.

Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by SilasX on Saturday January 07, 2023 @12:04PM (#34290022)
I'm not sure about meth specifically, but there were billboards in SF telling people safer ways to use drugs:

https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-francisco-supervisor-drug-over...