playskool said:i dont think intellegence has anything to do with it. college and university demands alot of ones time. most people also need to work while there in school. on top of all that, the whole college experience just isnt the same unless you get involved with clubs and events ect. it's all very draining, and i dont think its unreasonable for a student to look for ways to get a few extra hours into the day.
the danger of a paticular drug is relative to each person. to say meth is a bad idea but adderall or ritialin is not sounds ignorant to me. Im in college, and see alot of fellow anti-drug students pop ritalin like candy because they think its not even close to meth, because its a common, prescription med, so it must be risk free right?
when meth is used infrequently by someone who takes the time to become knowledgable about meth and all its potential side effects, someone who is aware and concerned with its addictive qualities, i think it can be no more harmful that drugs like ritalin and adderall
1. Most people can handle schoolwork and social responsibilities...it's not THAT hard to balance the two if you work at it. Certainly not hard enough that it requires meth these days.
2. I seriously doubt that Adderall or Ritalin will be more harmful to him than meth. Sure, I'm sure there are some extremely rare people who would be harmed more by a amph. addiction than a methamp. addiction. There's a damn good reason Desoxyn (legal meth) isn't as prescribed as regularly as Adderall or Ritalin; it's more likely to be abused, it has worse side effects, and is all around more dangerous.
To the original poster: read through the archives of this forum and do a search on "meth." After a while you'll see a disturbing trend...about 90% of the threads dealing with meth put it in a negative light - there's some horribly depressing and scary shit in there. There are some posters who were all about it when they first tried it, but as you follow their posts through the months you'll start to see how much they regreted ever trying it in the first place. Personally I've known too many people back in high school who detoured their lives fucking with it, I hope you know what you're getting into!
