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I have recently seen several anti-illicit substance articles in the news, and one thing which really sticks out to me is that they seem to often mention things like autism spectrum, ADHD, etc. (thread)
I know that that getting ADHD medication (in the form of stimulants) can be close to impossible in Sweden unless you were diagnosed with it as a child. I was diagnosed as a child, and therefore it was quite easy to get them.
But I have talked to people who are 20-35 years old and they are unable to get them, and maybe even unable to just get an ADHD diagnosis. It seems like maybe they think that adults can't have ADHD if they didn't get looked at as a child or some BS like that.
If you want to reduce ASD/ADHD peoples exposure to illicit substances, then I would recommend making the process for getting stimulants as an adult easier. While it is a totally different class I would also suggest making it easier to get access to HRT, as that is also a pain.
Increasing jail time etc for drug crimes is not the correct solution, without stimulants I would be unable to work a somewhat normal job. before I had them, I got distracted by every little thing so I could never focus on work.
Just because some people do use them for recreational purposes doesn't mean that they aren't important medical things. And this seems to be the reason here. It was a lot easier for me to get antipsychotics (which I would classify as a lot more scary drugs) than stimulants.
To clarify I believe the reason for that is that afaik antipsychotics doesn't really have any recreational uses. At least not as many as stimulants, and antipsychotics have more side effects.
