Problems with meth:
1) Illegal, very illegal; therefore hard to obtain high quality meth
2) Dangerous to make, easily contaminated or poisonous
3) Burns out your neurotransmitter pathways. Even at smaller doses you're still trading off a little short term gain for long term negative consequences.
Discussing methamphetamine (as opposed to repairing the damage of it, dealing with an addiction, etc) is not in keeping with the spirit of the forums. Bluelight.ru and Erowid are more geared towards these types of discussions.
1. Not in the US. Not if prescribed by a doctor, anyway. Trade name desoxyn.
2. that's why I recommend a drug store. Detergent and talcum powder is not particularly good for your brain.
3. It's no different than other amphetamines in this respect. If you snort it, it can cause great damage in a relatively short time, especially in large doses. If you take it as prescribed in sane doses, it's not really a problem. If anything, it has fewer side effects than adderall and ritalin, which is why it's popular as a street drug - you can do large quantities without having a heart attack or clawing your eyes out in a psychotic episode. The only reason it's a last line instead of first line for ADD and narcolepsy treatment is that it's got the word meth in it. In fact all the stimulants are virtually the same. Dexedrine similarly gets (got?) a bad rap because it was known as a street drug for some time, but stimulants all work the same way. Caffeine's no different really, either, except that it's the opposite of meth in its side effect profile and would kill you to take the doses you'd need to get the same euphoria you can get from amphetamine and methamphetamine.
Edited by bgwithadd, 21 December 2008 - 08:41 AM.