Quote Originally Posted by SergeMak View Post
No, I am in Russia, Orel, it's about 520 km East-North off Kiev and 380 km North off Kharkov.
In Tula oblast? That's only about 240 km from Ukraine. I'm in Norman, Oklahoma USA (a small city about 3 times as big as Orel). And I'm 9,205 km from Kiev. It's easier for you to know what's happening in Ukraine than it is for me.
Btw, I very much appreciate anything I can learn from people in Ukraine and Russia.

Quote Originally Posted by SergeMak View Post
Amphetamine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Psychological

Common psychological effects of therapeutic doses can include alertness, apprehension, concentration, decreased sense of fatigue, mood swings (elevated mood or elation and euphoria followed by mild dysphoria), increased initiative, insomnia or wakefulness, self-confidence, and sociability.[24][28] Less common or rare psychological effects that depend on the user's personality and current mental state include anxiety, change in libido, grandiosity, irritability, repetitive or obsessive behaviors, and restlessness.[ref-note 6] When heavily abused, amphetamine psychosis can occur.[13][24][25] Although very rare, this psychosis can also occur at therapeutic doses during long-term therapy as a side effect.[13][24][26] According to the USFDA, "there is no systematic evidence that stimulants cause aggressive behavior or hostility."[24]
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Dependence, addiction, and withdrawal

Addiction is a serious risk with heavy recreational amphetamine use, but is unlikely to arise from typical medical use.[13][27][28] Tolerance develops rapidly in amphetamine abuse, so periods of extended use require increasing doses of the drug in order to achieve the same effect.[62][63]

A Cochrane Collaboration review on amphetamine and methamphetamine dependence and abuse indicates that the current evidence on effective treatments is extremely limited.[64] The review indicated that fluoxetine[note 8] and imipramine[note 9] have some limited benefits in treating abuse and addiction, but concluded, "no treatment has been demonstrated to be effective for the treatment of amphetamine dependence and abuse."
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So you are sure that you, a person who has never tried any narcotic in your life, would know that your condition of "alertness, apprehension, concentration, decreased sense of fatigue, mood swings (elevated mood or elation and euphoria followed by mild dysphoria), increased initiative, insomnia or wakefulness, self-confidence, and sociability" is a consequence of a drug intoxication or it's just because of your your susceptibility to the psychological atmosphere of a great mass of people? No, you'll notice that something wrong only when narcotic withdrawal begins.
No I'm not sure. That's why I said "I think I would know if I did.". I'm very careful with words. If I was sure then I would have said "I know I would know if I did.".
Please understand that I have school everyday, homework, chores, and social activities so I don't have very much free time to learn everything I wanna know about the Ukraine crisis. But I do wanna know so I'm trying to learn more.
You made a good point. I remember how excited I am at concerts and amusement parks so maybe I would confuse the excitement and the effects of a drug. There was a lot of excitement on Independence Square.
Thanks for the information about drugs.

Quote Originally Posted by SergeMak View Post
So you deny the very existence of the snipers! That's something new! The last known for me move of Maidan defenders was to blame Russia in the snipers' case. They said about a Russian army uniform chevron found in an alleged place of a sniper, a very shaky evidence, but I've never heard before about denying their existence completely. That's fine! Carry on!
Wow! I totally did miss the news about the snipers. I googled and I found these. The first link is about a leaked phone call from Estonia. The second link proves there was snipers.
Estonian Foreign Ministry confirms authenticity of leaked phone call discussing how Kiev snipers who shot protesters were possibly hired by Ukraine's new leaders | Mail Online
Video: Ukraine crisis: Telegraph dispatch from Kiev's Independence Square - Telegraph

I also agree that the Russian army uniform chevron isn't proof since anyone could have put it there. Police in the US have also been caught planting evidence at the scene of a crime.

Quote Originally Posted by SergeMak View Post
Amphetamine is actually used in medical practice but it is heavily regulated in most countries. So what a sample do you need? A sample of a regulated but still legal medical drug which must be used only by a highly professional medical personnel in very controlled order? Suppose, you found such a drug, how can you be sure it was not misused?
That would be very complicated. If the sample was from a victim's body then it would be very difficult to learn how it got there or where it came from. If it was found in food or tea then they would still have to learn how it got there too.
I googled for almost an hour trying to find an article about the drug thing but I didn't find any. If you know about an article, please post it. It can be in either language because I can read a Russian article as fast as I can read one in English.

Anyway, I thought my post was in another thread but I found it in this one. When I have time, I'll read more of the posts in this thread.
Btw, most people in my city call the drugs & snipers thing a conspiracy theory. Some of them even told me that there weren't any drugs or snipers. Thank God for the internet! I would be lost without it.