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jiveturkey42
on Oct 20, 2023
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Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope
Because for every functional self-dosing career professional, there's 10 self-dosing tent dwellers living in squalor in every major US city
marssaxman
on Oct 20, 2023
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You have that ratio backwards, and it's still an exaggeration.
jiveturkey42
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I didn’t realize the ratio was so high but I guess it would explain why the white collar sector doesn’t accomplish anything anymore
omginternets
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I certainly agree that the failure modes of addiction, homelessness and toxicity are worth avoiding.
empyrrhicist
on Oct 20, 2023
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Umm... that's much more likely to be opiates and meth, and the criminalization hasn't especially helped with those either.
Not to mention, the language you use is really cruel.
jiveturkey42
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Likewise I think non-enforcement of drug laws tacitly permitting people to self-destruct in the streets is really cruel
empyrrhicist
on Oct 21, 2023
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The question isn't about whether it's good to just let people self destruct, its whether criminalization helps. Not every problem is a police problem.
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