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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: bluedev1 on July 06, 2013, 10:31 pm
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Other pharmaceuticals seem to be sold at near cost, but adderall is practically as expensive as cocaine.
Why is this? I thought adderall as prescribed like candy to people with ADD? Or is that not the case anymore?
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low supply, high demand
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But why is there low supply?
Are there not labs in India and elsewhere making generic adderall like every other pharmaceutical?
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Because for many (maybe even most) people, amphetamine and methamphetamine are the most effective focus enhancing drug known to man. Meth has a crazy stigma attached to it though, so most people looking for enhancement prefer the pharmaceutical pills.
I'm pretty sure amphetamine is a controlled substance (or the equivalent) in India as well... meaning you need a license, and if you have a license, it's probably more profitable to sell to reputable licensed pharmacies that require prescriptions. Where there's licensing, there's usually oversight, and oversight can mean it's more profitable to follow the rules -- which would leave very little being sold to unlicensed parties.
/end pure speculation