[JayDustheadz]

If you don't see the difference between metaamphetamines and their deriatives vs methylphenidate, then you don't have any right to comment on the subject. And no, it's not a "drug". Calling it such is guilt-tripping those that want to/do use MPH it and there's already a ton of that in the lives of people with ADHD. A parent hearing somebody call MPH a "drug" = "There's no way in hell I'm giving my kid DRUGS!!11". For kids with ADHD (and for people with ADHD in general), medication is massive a life changer ( and saver too ) - from often nightmare to livable/decent. You don't have any right to take that away from them.

[deaux]

Where do you buy your paracetamol? Surely at the drugstore.

[thenaturalist]

Are you seriously implying that "drugstore" == "drug" as negatively used by OOP here and generally associated with recreational or illegal substances?

[mindslight]

If parents (or anyone else) is unable to overcome their cognitive dissonance from drugs being called drugs, they really have no business making decisions about their use.

[JayDustheadz]

You clearly have no idea how people with ADHD / parents of ADHD kids feel like. Just because you can "overcome your cognitive dissonance" doesn't mean that everybody has the same freedom/will/strength to do so. Adding the weight of the "drugs" tag is not a way to help those who need medication to barely function like a normal person.