I would argue that they are not powerful stimulants at therapeutic doses and have little risk of dependency. I can take my meds as prescribed for months on end,

I would argue that they are not powerful stimulants at therapeutic doses and have little risk of dependency. I can take my meds as prescribed for months on end, stop taking them cold turkey and have no withdraw symptoms other than the fog and inability to get started comes back as soon as they are out of my system. I personally take prescribed methamphetamine which would be considered to be the strongest in it's class and honestly it's not fun or buzzy or euphoric at therapeutic doses and not as addictive as people make it out to be. Opiates and nicotine have 100x the addition profile when compared to amphetamines. As a note to abuse my medicine at recreational doses of meth I would consume my months prescription in about 4 to 5 days. Not enough time to get physically addicted and it would suck for the foggy rest of the month. I think the risk is overblown.