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Next, some app named Nitrogen will be banned because it is related to explosives and therefore to terrorists.
by epx 6y ago
Next, some app named Nitrogen will be banned because it is related to explosives and therefore to terrorists.
- fishnchips 6y agoNitrogen is an element, and a very common one at that. Explosives are a fringe use case. Amphetamine on the other hand has only one very well defined use case. I get the reference to another similar app (Caffeine) but this is a step too far, indeed portraying a dangerous drug in a positive light.
- read_if_gay_ 6y agoIt's not portraying anything in a positive light. The fact that this is the name of the app implies no value judgement.
- Unklejoe 6y ago> Amphetamine on the other hand has only one very well defined use case. Are you referring to the widespread use of it as an ADHD medication for children all throughout the nation?
- fishnchips 6y agoApologies, where I come from this is not a common treatment for ADHD. I’m not a specialist but as a father of two lively boys I did my share of reading about diagnosing and treating ADHD in Europe.
- dekhn 6y agoVyvanse was approved in Europe ~5+ years ago and is a hugely successful and widely used product.
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoI apologize if I'm misunderstanding your comment. But just to help others avoid confusion, ADHD isn't the same as being extra energetic.
- sudosysgen 6y agoWhat drugs are, according to your reasearch, widely used in Europe? Here in Canada, Amphetamines are widespread, from Vyvanse to Adderall to Evekeo.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 6y agoRitalin is the dominant drug in that regard, and while it is very similar in every respect, it is not amphetamine-the-substance nor, I believe, technically in the class of substances also referred to as amphetamines. (someone stated that amphetamines are now available in the EU market. But, if so, it's likely that few people will know, mostly because discussions of ADHD have somewhat faded)
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- Daho0n 6y agoIt is, they just call it something else like Adderall, Evekeo or whatever.
- AlexandrB 6y agoOr perhaps to its widespread use as a stimulant for narcolepsy sufferers - which is clearly what the app's name is alluding to. It's like banning an app called fertilizer because fertilizer can be used to make bombs.
- EricE 6y ago>It's like banning an app called fertilizer because fertilizer can be used to make bombs. Great and extremely apt analogy!
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- rasputin243 6y agoAnd adults as well
- izacus 6y agoI seriously doubt your nerdsniping changes the point of the original poster. Which you could easily figure out if you weren't so eager to jump upon every single minute detail and consequently missed the forest for the trees.
- fishnchips 6y agoI wouldn’t call it nerdsniping. I found OPs argument to be a strawman.
- dekhn 6y agowhich use case did you mean? treatment for narcolepsy? ADHD?
- gambiting 6y agoLike the author pointed out, millions of Americans take legal amphetamines every year. I'd wager a bet that legal users of amphetamines outnumber the illegal users 10,000 to 1. Besides, amphetamine is just the name of the compound, it doesn't suggest anything. If you imply that simply knowing that amphetamines can keep you awake is dangerous, then I'd like to point you towards centuries of proof that not telling people about sex totally stops them from having it.