ninjapirateroberts
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I'm relatively new to methamphetamine but have been studying a lot. I have known that meth exists as two optical isomers: levo-methamphetamine (l-meth) and dextro-methamphetamine (d-meth); I recently learned that only d-meth is the "good stuff" but after reading a few posts about how the "crappy" l-meth on their crystal shard made their heart race, etc. (both here and on other websites) I was confused. I was curious if crystal meth, in particular, would be a racemic or pure d-meth (I take therapeutic doses of about ~17mg crystal meth orally most days, except weekends, and I skip some days). I read the FDA-approved meth Desoxyn only contains pure d-meth, which helps with ADHD.
I have been researching whether crystal methamphetamine is a concentrated form of just d-meth or if it could also exist as a racemic. I can't find anything about this online except one ten-year-old Reddit post. A user claimed that racemic meth could exist in the form of powder since optical isomers cannot form crystals. I don't know a lot of chemistry to verify their claim, so from their post, I thought since "meth" can only be in the form of d-meth or racemic (powder), and since I use crystal meth, I'm actually using d-meth, not a racemic. (that was my belief, but I don't know if that's even true), and, of course, no one is interested in l-meth anyway since it doesn't have stimulant properties as d-meth does, so that's thrown out.
Is this correct? Is crystal meth pure d-meth (the same active substance in Desoxyn), and is it not possible to crystalize racemic meth as claimed by this particular user?
I have been researching whether crystal methamphetamine is a concentrated form of just d-meth or if it could also exist as a racemic. I can't find anything about this online except one ten-year-old Reddit post. A user claimed that racemic meth could exist in the form of powder since optical isomers cannot form crystals. I don't know a lot of chemistry to verify their claim, so from their post, I thought since "meth" can only be in the form of d-meth or racemic (powder), and since I use crystal meth, I'm actually using d-meth, not a racemic. (that was my belief, but I don't know if that's even true), and, of course, no one is interested in l-meth anyway since it doesn't have stimulant properties as d-meth does, so that's thrown out.

Is this correct? Is crystal meth pure d-meth (the same active substance in Desoxyn), and is it not possible to crystalize racemic meth as claimed by this particular user?