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Shank ◴[] No.25606808[source]
As someone who depends on amphetamines to function daily, it’s disheartening to see their use further stigmatized. For many people like me, amphetamines help them live a normal life. The app isn’t called “meth” or “methamphetamine” and it’s not referring to a street drug.

I’m saddened to see so many equating amphetamines to illicit drugs, when that’s simply not the full story. This perception is exactly what stops people from taking their medication when they should and balking at the idea of a medication being able to help them.

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jMyles ◴[] No.25607103[source]
While I wholeheartedly agree with the thrust of your argument (particularly that stigmatization is detrimental)...

> it’s not referring to a street drug.

Amphetamine (and other amphetamines) are certainly available as 'street drugs'. The stigmatization of 'street drugs' (and generally, drug use as part of someone's self-directed diet) is also harmful.

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1. croes ◴[] No.25607223[source]
So apps with the words pep or speed in the name are also inappropriate?
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2. jMyles ◴[] No.25607420[source]
Uhhh, no. I don't think this name, nor any name based on a psychoactive compound, is a bad or inappropriate name on that basis.
3. anigbrowl ◴[] No.25608095[source]
Speed can refer to a drug, but it can refer to a lot of other things too; people will think very different things depending on whether they see the word next to a picture of pills or one of a running shoe.

You surely know this already.