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		verall on Dec 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The silent struggles of workers with ADHD The shortage with demand outstripping supply is completely synthetic, because the DEA limits how much amphetamine (and other schedule 2 drugs) may be produced/sold each year and it is completely independent of the US population or the rate that the drugs are prescribed. It is a wholly synthetic limitation of supply.

nvarsj on Dec 13, 2022 [–]

Interesting - I guess it still implies demand has increased though, assuming supply is fixed?

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