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Darknet Drug Dealers Arrested After Packages of Meth-Laced Adderall Repeatedly Returned to Sender (www.404media.co)

submitted 9 months ago by DolphinMath@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Police arrested three men accused of selling thousands of pills of meth-laced “Adderall” on various darknet marketplaces and mailing them through the United States Postal Service through a fictitious business called “Professional Paper Filing Inc.” that listed a real return address of an uninvolved business. That business then told police that it was repeatedly getting packages of pills in the mail as "return to sender."

The men face a maximum possible penalty of life imprisonment.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (36 children)

Meth-laced Adderall

Oh no, the amphetamine was contaminated with amphetamine! 🙄

I'm aware that meth and Adderall aren't the exact same chemical, but this isn't like putting carfentanyl in heroin. "Laced" is some sensationalized bullshit.

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Adderall is legally able to be prescribed to kids with ADHD. Meth is produced with a dirty chemical process that has become more prevalent with the decreasing availability of pseudoephedrin. Medical professionals working rehabs report worse and longer lasting damage quicker than is reasonable for merely staying awake and up constantly the primary risk from stimulants.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Adderall is legally able to be prescribed to kids with ADHD.

So is meth, except they use the brand name "Desoxyn."

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 9 months ago

It's prescribed in theory. Mostly, I think, for people with narcolepsy, not kids with ADHD. My psychiatrist has had me try basically every ADHD medication and he has never once mentioned Desoxyn. And I knew a couple of pharmacy techs for a few years who definitely would have told me if they'd seen Desoxyn prescribed because it's the kind of trying they'd have been very excited about stealing from work.

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