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> was a daily meth user before he was in harm Reduction

These stories usually feature someone who went clean. That it's someone who still using and contributing to society makes it unexpected. (I hadn’t considered the possibility of a functional meth addict.)

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Plenty of functional Ritalin users. Very similar effect profiles (assuming the meth is clean), since they metabolize to the same thing.

Plenty of functional Adderall users also, which is mixed amphetamine salts.

And although more rare, functional desoxyn users too, which is a methamphetamine pill typically used for narcolepsy and severe obesity.

How many functional Ritalin/Adderall/Desoxyn users are injecting?

Probably as many as functional Tylenol users are injecting. In my meth days I knew of 2 people that injected. It was always smoked or, less commonly, taken orally.

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