Would it be possible to methylate beta-nitrostyrene to obtain P2NP?

[TeslaSec]

I am a mere amateur in chemistry, so I was thinking about something:
In my country, it is more likely to obtain nitromethane than nitroethane. Therefore, I tried to do the condensation of Henry with nitromethane, but unfortunately this condensation generates beta-nitrostyrene, which has this molecule:

Correct me if I am wrong, but if we do a methylation, on the adjacent alpha carbon, it would be possible to obtain P2NP. Could some enlightened being tell me if this would be possible?

 

[HIGGS BOSSON]

Unfortunately, this is impossible, and there is no substitute for nitroethane in this reaction.

 

[heisenburgers]

i could be wrong here, but i believe you could methylate beta-nitrostyrene (by methyl grignard reagent for example), but you'd get a mix of 1-phenyl-2-nitropropANE, not 1-phenyl-2-nitropropENE, which you could then reduce to amphetamine (with iron in acetic acid for example), and 1-nitro-2-phenylpropane, which is probably useless