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While I tend to agree with you, I think the opiate epidemic is salient as an illustration of unintended consequences. Do I think this will lead to addicts? No.
by duaneb 10y ago
While I tend to agree with you, I think the opiate epidemic is salient as an illustration of unintended consequences. Do I think this will lead to addicts? No. Do I think people will get hurt? Most likely; it's not exactly a brisk cup tea in terms of physiological AND psychological effects. Will it get abused? Of course. People abuse sugar.
My point being, there's a line between caution and fear mongering. I think you COULD interpret this as being cautious rather than illustrating an irrational fear.
- CoryG89 10y agoI agree, I don't think the doctor is intentionally fear-mongering. I think this doctor is probably just biased from his own second hand experience with a very, very small and unrepresentative portion of MDMA users. Misguided. My issue with the doctor's statements is concerning only the potential for abuse/addiction (which is not even worth talking about when compared to opioids). The potential for harm is definitely worth being cautious over.