Always funny to see people trying to separate the two, as if changing the MoA changes the drug you are using.
Something tells me this has more to do with race and class than pharmacology......
The MoA changes everything. I have seen shitloads of people fall prey to crack, but I have never seen a real powdered cocaine addict who doesn't IV. People always talk about how "they had an addiction to cocaine" back in the day, but they always got over it themselves without any help. I'm not saying it isn't possible to become addicted to cocaine, just that from my observations I have seen no powdered cocaine users who truly fit the definition of addict, but have seen a ton of true crack heads who cannot get off the stuff without some serious help.
I don't really enjoy cocaine, but I will occasionally do it socially. I can get a little bit of pleasure out of it, at least enough to have an enjoyable evening with friends. I've smoked crack a few times and it feels like total shit to me.
Would you take that implication that the method of administration doesn't change the power of a drugs hold over you as far as saying that shooting heroin isn't going to feel much better and therefore be much more addictive than snorting it? I doubt many heroin addicts who have made the switch would agree with you there.
Anyways, I don't enjoy stimulants all that much (I suppose I have a dopamine deficiency, resulting in my ADHD, therefore I have a greater side effect to euphoric effect ratio), but I cannot do without my Adderall. It feels like shit if I sit around and do nothing while on it, but if I manage to turn all of that energy into some kind of productivity (reading, writing, making music, etc..) I find it to be very enjoyable. I am never sure if the good feelings that come from these activities are the result of the drug itself or simply the fact that I am accomplishing something, and therefore feel rewarded for being productive, productivity being something I inherently value and rarely achieve without my Adderall.
I usually do it 2-4 times a month, on a mini-binge. I used to stay up for days at a time reading literature and wasting some of my time enjoying the overwhelmingly positive sexual effects it has (always feels like a waste of time in the end, but so good), but I now tend to keep my binges to just over a day to reduce the hangover and risk of falling into amphetamine psychosis again.