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hotsugarbyglassanimals · 4 days ago

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every time i try to explain drug prohibition to my mom it goes like this:

me: they made these class of drugs illegal because of racism and fear of abnormality first and foremost- mom: and because a lot of people were getting addicted and dying from overdoses me: no, actually- mom: but that's what happened!

#overdoses happen with prescribed drugs for many reasons... usually either through unintentional interactions with other drugs -#- or intentional suicide. overdoses w/ illegal drugs is an issue of unpredictable dosing #prior to drug prohibition addictions did occur but ... for lack of a better term... fell into the category of 'functional addict' when it-#-came to prescriptions outside of something like alcohol #prohibition turns addiction from something that can be manageable with support into 5 other maladaptive coping strategies #because being an addict to illegal drugs means having to pay a -lot- more money and also having to dodge the law while youre at it #plus the demonization of addiction itself. you're essentially creating an environment where someone HAS to go to extremes to avoid-#-getting in trouble + making it even HARDER to get support because people treat you like scum and a criminal #that aside... have you SEEN how the US government reacts to health crises???#it's never been about civilian safety. look at the track record when it came to disasters. diseases. poverty. product safety standards??#if the gov had people's safety in mind they wouldve listened when told to treat addiction as an illness and not a criminal offense

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