> It is commonplace for many doctors to proscribe drugs more plentifully than candy. This had a name once. Please don't perpetuate the tired old trope of "back

> It is commonplace for many doctors to proscribe drugs more plentifully than candy. This had a name once. Please don't perpetuate the tired old trope of "back in the day they didn't prescribe so much!!!". The reason doctors are prescribing "more" is that they have multiple decades of research to build on, and the associated available drugs. Not because of some vague conspiracy theory-esque "they just want us to be docile zombies". Modern medicine has helped so many people, myself included.