I’m unsure why things still shock me, but they do. The federal government has just approved a candy-flavored amphetamine-based medication which they will market to kids with ADHD. So while some lawmakers, in states where marijuana is legal, are trying to outlaw cannabis edibles (sugary ones like brownies) to protect the well being of children, it’s totally ok to give them “speed”. Speed is good and HIGHLY addictive, but weed is dangerous.
Later this year, the newest version of speed, called Adzenys will hit the market. It’s a fun, chewable, fruit-flavored drug (which High Times has called an ‘extended release gummy meth’) with the same active ingredient as other ADHD medications and has been approved by the FDA for kids as young as six years old. SIX.
Obviously, intelligent people in the healthcare community are worried that chewable speed that tastes good could lead to an increase in abuse and overdoses. I’m not sure why no one at the FDA thought about that but, baby steps.
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Regardless, Neos Therapeutics, the Dallas-based pharmaceutical company who designed the drug, have launched a marketing campaign hoping to get ahead of the back-to-school crowd. And according to the company, not one of its 125 person sales team have had any issues setting up appointments with physicians who are ready to recommend Adzenys.
From the article:
“Unfortunately, while the federal government remains cavalier to the prescription drug epidemic currently sweeping the nation, some of the latest data shows that, over the past decade, the recreational use of medications like Adderall have increased in adults by 67 percent. What’s worse is the average consumer seems to be completely oblivious that these nicely packaged prescription medications are manufactured similarly to popular illegal substances, like methamphetamine, which law enforcement and government agencies have been telling them to avoid all of their lives.
“The public remains almost entirely ignorant of the fact that methamphetamine produces nearly identical effects to those produced by the popular ADHD medication d-amphetamine (dextroamphetamine). You probably know it as Adderall: a combination of amphetamine and d-amphetamine mixed salts,” wrote Dr. Carl Hart, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Columbia University, in a piece for the Influence.”
While the FDA has evidence which proves that amphetamine-based medications can kill, there have been few fatalities (thankfully) so they are continuously declared as safe and effective in the treatment of ADHD and narcolepsy. But, these drugs aren’t safe. In fact, they can cause common medical conditions, like fatty liver, heart attack, seizures, stroke, and psychotic episodes – and now they will have a chance to do that to children- at a potentially higher rate- because their medication looks and tastes like candy.
These are crazy times we are living in.
Source: Drugs and High Times
