Comments by "The Ride Never ends" (@therideneverends1697) on "Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell"
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@tolstartheking A big issue with how speed is presented that gets people into problems is this narrative that you use it once and get immediately addicted then all your teeth fall out and you die. When the reality is amphetamines, from prescription to illicit all have the same issue from their misuse, they feel great in a oddly "natural" way and atleast initially there's virtually no consequences, not even a next day hangover
so you do it again, and you do it again, then you do it a couple times in a night, a few nights in a row then it starts wearing off and you feel sick, well thats because youve been up for 2 or 3 days and havent eaten, but now its monday and you have to be functional, so theres your excuse for another round, and it works great, so you figure its your get out of jail free card for missing some sleep, or a meal, or getting drunk the night before, and it is, until you start feeling muscle pains and stiff joints, go to the DR and realize your nutrient deficant and underweight because youve been skipping 6 or 7 meals a week for the past 5 months
Conversely, even in resonable dosages they can up your capability of work school and life preformance to such a spectacular extent that you begin to plan your schedual around them, except now when your out your entire life will fall appart, so you go get more, then youve maxed perscriptions out, then you buy it illegally, and it escalates from that point because your no longer limited by supply, and the illegal stuff is almost always meth, which lasts longer and has even fewer percived side effects.
and in both cases all the rest you skipped will hit you like a truck 24 to 48 hours after you stop
most amphetamine type stimulant dependence is not tweakers smokeing half grams of meth, its people who let it wiggle a bit too far into their lives, then realize too late their life is now structured on it
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