Drugs like amphetamines are dangerous and need to be illegal for your protection. Unless you are an 8 year old who won't sit still in a desk for 8 hours, then amphetamines are safe and effective. If you don't get it, you aren't trusting the $cience hard enough

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[–]Antarchomachus[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Ya know, I'm not sure, it's definitely possible. It can't possibly be good for a kid with a developing brain, and I am sure there were negative consequences of some sort. At the very minimum it made me more open to the idea of using drugs recreationally when I was a teen - I was already comfortable with using drugs as a crutch to change my mental state, so I didn't have much fear of experimenting with street drugs.

[–]chottohen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

At the very minimum it made me more open to the idea of using drugs recreationally when I was a teen...

You're right on both counts. The shrinks have been writing too many scripts for way too long. As for me, I never had anything stronger than aspirin till I was seventeen but when the chance came, I took it and never looked back. What I was doing is mostly legal now. I'm not recommending it for everyone but for some of us the straight life is just too harsh to take without a little help, and, overall, I didn't turn out so bad although my mother would not agree.

[–]Antarchomachus[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Lol, I assume by mostly legal now, you are referring to marijuana laws. I think this is related to what we are talking about too. As children in the 90's were starting to be medicated with ADD drugs, the schools were also deep into the DARE stuff. I remember all the propaganda about how marijuana would basically turn you into a heroin addict. When I finally used marijuana, and it was clear that is was not NEARLY as harmful as they made it out to be, it was major turning point for me. Like a typical teenager, I was like 'ooooh man they've been lying about the drugs!, I'm gonna take a bunch of these other drugs, cause they were lying to me!'. Wasted a few years of my life making poor decisions and getting into trouble. I eventually turned things around, but we owe kids better than this.

[–]chottohen 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

So that was your A-ha moment and you never trusted THEM completely again. You know how to tell when they're lying, right? That's right, their mouths are moving. I think you're going to like it here

[–]Antarchomachus[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Bingo!