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Legalize psychedelics to treat addiction.
by orasis 8y ago
Legalize psychedelics to treat addiction.
- ams6110 8y agoThere may be something to that, but I am guessing that any form of self-medication is likely to be more destructive than helpful. Use of pharmaceutical grade psychedelics in a clinical setting might have some benefit.
- pstuart 8y agoLet me make that decision myself, thank you very much.
- aalleavitch 8y agoAll of these overdoses are, likewise, people making these decisions for themselves.
- all2 8y agoThat's more than misleading. Having made poor choices in the past (drugs) they now have the neuro-chemical pathways cut into their ~brians~ brains; literal ruts that signals will prefer to get to the end-state (high/low). With enough use, heroin doesn't leave a person with choice, but rather impulse. [edit] lol, brians [/edit]
- loeg 8y agoSo are the smoking deaths. I think it's undisputed that there would be a lot fewer deaths per addict if the heroin available were (1) of a known concentration, (2) not fentanyl, and (3) devoid of other harmful adulterants. The problem people argue about re: legalizing heroin is that they expect the number of addicts to rise.
- pstuart 8y agoI've been given the choice (that I don't plan on taking) to drink and smoke myself to death. Eat unhealthy foods. Etc. Etc. n.b. My brother died of a heroin overdose. He made that decision himself and the existing laws did not help prevent.
- kbutler 8y agoBecause people addicted to drugs are well-known for making good, long-term decisions.
- pstuart 8y ago> Because people are well-known for making good, long-term decisions FTFY. Since you care so much, please grant me control over your life to approve what you consume.
- bluecalm 8y agoAt least you won't kill yourself with psychodelics and it's something very difficult to get addicted to. I am not convinced they are as safe as often advertised but you won't kill yourself and lasting psychological damage is rare and mostly manageable.
- pstuart 8y agoAnd cannabis as an "alternative". And keep kratom legal.
- mc32 8y agoCurious, but isn’t kratom (krokofil) abuse a big issue in Russia (in addition to alcohol)? Or is that issue exaggerated?
- ghostly_s 8y agoYou mean krokodil? Completely different drug.
- mc32 8y agoAh ok. Thanks for clarifying.
- ZeroFries 8y agoI think you're referring to krokodil, poorly made clandestine desomorphine, which is a lot different from kratom.
- Lubnah 8y agoThere was a spate of videos that circulated starting around 2012 and later, as sort of a sequel to the bath salts panic, showing horror stories but seem to have been debunked as a eith a hoax campaign, or rare oddities. Videos still float around, but they seem to have this voyeristic leer to them (like malign scared-straight after school specials) that genuine footage or journalistic coverage usually doesn't carry. On top of that, there aren't many people actually owning up to being involved in the footage that does surface, and people who claim to have witnessed instances or met individuals affected by it, only seem to be the kind to tell tall tales. This leads me to wonder if it was largely a media campaign to get in front of a problem, and head it off, before something like its portrayal emerged.
- mc32 8y ago
- throwaway987909 8y agoWe need all drugs legalized. Get centers going where safely dosed opiates are available along with social services for the heavier stuff.
- blang 8y agoI'm not an expert but, psychedelics wouldn't help treat the withdrawal part of addiction. Increased access to suboxone would be helpful for that.