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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Purchasing narcotics, even in bottles.“You can tell from the presentation of the box or the bottle, you can tell that it’s not real,” she said. “Or we can tell, because they’re Mexican brands. But you all [tourists] — how are you going to tell?”That warning came hours after another reporter purchased Adderall from that same pharmacy, where a different worker had asserted the pill was safe because it had come directly from California. Lab testing later showed it contained acetaminophen and methamphetamine.Though unwittingly taking a methamphetamine pill may not necessarily carry the same immediate risk of death as accidentally consuming fentanyl, drug experts say there are still significant concerns — such as failing a drug test, accidentally running afoul of the law or having unanticipated effects.“Meth is a stronger stimulant than Adderall, and that can mean it lasts longer or has more pronounced effects than what some would be expecting,” said Shover, the UCLA researcher. “Crucially, with the chronic use of meth there are long-term cardiovascular issues.”**** The FDA acknowledged an Adderall shortage in October 2022. (TRIPPLAAR KRISTOFFER/SIPA / Sipa USA via AP) It is difficult to know how much the recent scarcity of ADHD medication in the U.S. has pushed people toward methamphetamine-tainted prescriptions in Mexico, although drug experts say it’s a foreseeable outcome.“Cutting off prescriptions gets more people using meth,” said Dr. Ryan Marino, a toxicology expert at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. “Making more things inaccessible increases the revenue to cartels. It’s predictable.”When the FDA
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