Elon’s “extremely hardcore” toxic work culture means people are forced to take Adderall without a prescription to meet their workload. Just ask SpaceX employees.
"Some SpaceX workers resorted to taking Adderall to keep up with the pace of work at the company’s launch facility, and others found themselves falling asleep in the bathroom during long workweeks, a recent Reuters investigation found.
“Travis Carson, a former SpaceX worker at the company’s facility in Brownsville, Texas, told Reuters some workers took Adderall — a stimulant designed to help people with ADHD improve their focus and concentration levels — without a prescription to keep up with the pace of work.”
What a nightmare!
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Adderall is not meth. Don’t call it that.
Meth is short for “crystal methamphetamine.” Adderall is made of four different amphetamines. All amphetamines are stimulants. You’re splitting hairs here.
They are not the same in terms of the euphoric high that meth has and Adderall does not, so Adderall tends to be less addictive.
However, long-term use of Adderall can still result in physical dependency and withdrawals when coming off of it and is a stimulant much like meth.
And cholesterol is technically a steroid and an alcohol, that doesn’t mean, someone is roided and drunk from eating eggs.
It’s not splitting hairs to say that two things are different. It’s just a wrong statement.
Methamphetamine is serotonergic. Adderall is not. Methamphetamine tends to induce psychosis that makes the user hostile and dangerous. Adderall certainly can, but the chances of that happening are hardly comparable. There are numerous valid reasons why meth has an extreme stigma and Adderall does not. Attempting to infect Adderall with that stigma makes life so much harder for people like me who can’t function without taking it. People ought to be precise with their language when they talk about things they understand, and they ought to be silent about things they don’t understand. Other than to ask questions to attempt to understand of course, but how often does that happen?
It is though.
It is not meth. It is amphetamine though
In some cases they literally prescribe methamphetamine. It’s sold under the brand desoxyn. My ex girlfriend had it. Since then, I’ve stopped conflating the two. They are similar but not quite the same.