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Aldous Huxley predicts Adderall and champions alternative therapies

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129 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 14:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.29s | source
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gnatman ◴[17 Nov 25 19:50 UTC] No.45957477[source]▶
Substituted amphetamines were already very popular in the 1950s.
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thatoneguy ◴[17 Nov 25 20:27 UTC] No.45957901[source]▶
Methamphetamine was invented in Germany in 1937 and the German military at the time was very quick to adopt its use.
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consumer451 ◴[17 Nov 25 22:23 UTC] No.45959072[source]▶
An army of tweakers. I don't think that this aspect of the War and the Holocaust are discussed enough. Certainly no excuse, but it is very interesting.

> Chronic Meth users have deficits in memory and executive functioning as well as higher rates of anxiety, depression, and most notably psychosis. [0]

In more recent times of horror:

> After the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria, large stockpiles of the illicit drug captagon have reportedly been uncovered.

> The stockpiles, found by Syrian rebels, are believed to be linked to al-Assad military headquarters, implicating the fallen regime in the drug’s manufacture and distribution. [1]

[0] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3764482/

[1] https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-drug-captagon-and-ho...

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1. nsriv ◴[18 Nov 25 03:51 UTC] No.45961194[source]▶
Highly recommend the book "Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich" by Norman Ohler, a podcast promo led me to get the book from the library and I really liked it!