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> I always assumed adderall was first because surely it would be easier to synthesize than enantiomerically pure d-amph.

I am not a chemist/pharmacist, but I am under the impression that amphetamine synthesis is neither complicated nor recent. I am under this impression because a) References to different amphetamines are common place as early as the 40s and b) The United States has a rich criminal history of amateur methamphetamine production.



Amphetamines were extremely common during and after WW2, for example.


They were often included in WW2 military rations. The name of the German variant was Pervertin. Based on the side effects encountered when using it.


Pervitin was a German methamphetamine brand. Do you have evidence it was named for side effects?




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