There's recreational drug users, and then there's recreational drug users. Turns out some people I know who microdosed amphetamine took doses exactly in the ballpark of what doctor would prescribe them.
There is the person that uses amphetamines to get high SAT scores, high college grades and stops after landing a FAANG job.
There is the person using alcohol as "social lube". Never drinks alone, never gets wasted.
There is the person using LSD and other party drugs few times per year or less in a controlled setting
And then there are the extremely addicted people. And everything in between. It's a sliding scale. People need to be educated to learn the risks and recognize harmful behavioral patterns.
Simply telling people "drugs are bad for you" might be the abridged version of the truth. But is as effective as the "war on drugs" in reducing drug abuse.
Some times on the weekends I'll take 2mg or less of my ADHD meds just to clear the noise out of my head so I can get a nap. It works a treat, I wake up feeling refreshed and I can tackle some chores or do nothing at all with only muted versions of my normal symptoms.
I wouldn't say this is not recreational. It's my body and am curious about how it works and also I think it's always good to experiment with making very low doses or even medication fasts (in relation to stims specifically THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE) part of any regimen. Testing out strategies on my free time and not at work is just responsible. My ADHD medication makes me employable and has helped tremendously with my ability to maintain valuable relationships, it's crucial for me to make my way in a world designed around shit that is nearly torture for me, but I really hope to not be on the stims one day and I think it's going to take some work to figure that out. I'm a long time psychonaut so what is recreation to you might not be the same thing it is to me but I consider the observations and experiments to be recreational.