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New Zealand food bank distributes candy made from a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Midnight@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 48 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Hypothetically speaking, how might one be able to get their hands on this candy?

I need it for my... ADHD

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

street value of USD 608 per candy

Good luck getting the real thing. I could buy some normal candy and a roll of food-safe paper, and sell it for hundreds of dollars. Or add cyanide too, just to ensure the customer won't complain when it doesn't get them high.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

That's a big damn piece of candy

[–] deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

Street price in NZ would be a lot higher than elsewhere. Same goes for Australia

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Meth is the worst drug

[–] Icalasari@fedia.io 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Although the ADHD joke is spot on - ADHD gets treated with amphetamines, and straight up meth is used for the most severe cases (I myself am on dextroamphetamine for my ADHD)

[–] deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

methamphetamine is neurotoxic and not used medically, except the levo isomer in some cough/congestion formulas

[–] canihasaccount@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Desoxyn would like a word.

Edit to add: more commonly prescribed amphetamines are neurotoxic, too. Whether they are neurotoxic at clinical doses is still debated.

[–] deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

a-pvp would like to know your location

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Aptly named.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 months ago

Meth is alright. I don’t like it as much as adderall.

Fent is the worst drug.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

Piggybacking on this. Asking for a friend...