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While I wholeheartedly agree with the thrust of your argument (particularly that stigmatization is detrimental)... > it’s not referring to a street drug. Amph
by jMyles 6y ago
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.
- kortex 6y agoExactly. If you were to describe objectively to someone the properties of alcohol or tobacco without saying the name, people would be clamoring to crack down on the "epidemic" claiming thousands of lives and costing billions.
- croes 6y agoSo apps with the words pep or speed in the name are also inappropriate?
- jMyles 6y agoUhhh, no. I don't think this name, nor any name based on a psychoactive compound, is a bad or inappropriate name on that basis.
- anigbrowl 6y agoSpeed 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.