Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGeorgia cops proudly show off ecstasy pills, after high-speed freeway chase over traffic violation, and crash caused by PIT-maneuverwww.fox5atlanta.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down138file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkGeorgia cops proudly show off ecstasy pills, after high-speed freeway chase over traffic violation, and crash caused by PIT-maneuverwww.fox5atlanta.comDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
Archived page It’s not worth the danger of the chase for a traffic violation, and not worth the danger of the chase for the drugs.
minus-squareWav_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoMethamphetamine is not a class of drugs it is a specific drug. MDMA and meth are part of the substituted amphetamines class which includes hundreds of molecules, some of which are drugs some of which are not. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substituted_amphetamine Just because drugs are in the same chemical class does not mean they necessarily share any similar pharmacology. Tiny changes in the structure of molecules can completely change their effect or render them pharmacologically inactive.
Methamphetamine is not a class of drugs it is a specific drug.
MDMA and meth are part of the substituted amphetamines class which includes hundreds of molecules, some of which are drugs some of which are not.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substituted_amphetamine
Just because drugs are in the same chemical class does not mean they necessarily share any similar pharmacology. Tiny changes in the structure of molecules can completely change their effect or render them pharmacologically inactive.