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gnatman ◴[] No.45957477[source]
Substituted amphetamines were already very popular in the 1950s.
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cassepipe ◴[] No.45957746[source]
... and I didn't know about them:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substituted_amphetamine

The most famous in that family seems to be meth(amphetamine)

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Nursie ◴[] No.45961511[source]
You've probably also heard of 3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine, though its abbreviated name (MDMA) is likely more familiar.

It's a huuuuuge family of substances though, particularly if you go one step more generic and start with Phenylethylamine as the backbone (amphetamine is a shortening of alpha-methyl-phenethylamine), the family includes hallucinogens like mescaline, empathogens like MDMA and its close cousins, the whole 2C family, the cathinones and their derivatives ('mephedrone' had a cultural moment 10-15 years back). And some real nasties like PMA, PMMA and bromo-Dragonfly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substituted_phenethylamine

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1. cassepipe ◴[] No.45964334[source]
Interesting, I didn't know they were cousins !