I don't understand how you can say Ephedrine has worse side effects than speed/meth? Ephedrine might have quite a few minor side effects but Meth has side effects like:
disturbed sleep patterns dis-interest in friends, sex, or food itching, welts on skin nausea, vomiting, diarrhea excessive excitation, hyperactivity shortness of breath moodiness & irritability anxiousness & nervousness aggressiveness involuntary body movements (uncontrollable movement and/or twitches of fingers, facial & body muscles, lip-smaking, tongue protrusion, grimacing, etc.) panic, suspiciousness & paranoia malnutrition & anorexia false sense of confidence and power (delusions of grandeur) aggressive and violent behavior severe depression, suicidal tendencies. (ripped from
erowid) Haha and i can honestly say I have experienced most of those side effects. Not pretty.
And advice such as get addicted to a real drug?? What the fuck? Harm Reduction? More like Harm Maximisation. I'd think i'd take a herbal drug like ephedrine that is legal and in my opinion a hell of a lot safer (I don't think I can emphasize that enough) and cheaper.
Don't see to many ephredrine abusers walking around thinking that trees are undercover police officiers out to get them.
There's a reason why Ephredrine is legal and Amphetamines are not. The government and other health agences are not as stupid as many of you think and have done many evaluations of its side effects.
And in reply to the original post the user obviously seems like he has a dependence on these diet pills, and no matter how crappy they may be to you. They have an impact on this users life.
[ 15 July 2002: Message edited by: go-ee ]