Oh, and by the way: wherever you are is not the center of the world.
In the EU, barely anyone recognizes the names "Ritalin", "Adderall" etc. - methylphenidate is a lot more common.
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.
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.
Ritalin (methylphenidate) is a central nervous system stimulant used for ADHD and narcolepsy, but it is not an amphetamine based medication, unlike Adderall. While both increase dopamine and norepinephrine, Ritalin acts as a reuptake inhibitor rather than a stimulant that directly releases these neurotransmitters like amphetamines do.
using some poxy scientific name for a common amphetamine to justify giving it to children is grossly offensive to me.
Its a wonderful most excellent amphetamine.
I have worked with many a drug user who partake in Ritalin use, speed balling it mixed with heroin.
Heroin users get Ritalin Scabs from prolonged use.
Its a dangerous fucking drug and anyone who agrees to give that to any child needs to be arrested for child abuse.
you fucking muppets!!
Adderall saved my life. YMMV