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From a reply I made later to a self-professed normie: I'm excited by what you describe [successful therapy] and glad for it, but my sadness is that I could stil

From a reply I made later to a self-professed normie: I'm excited by what you describe [successful therapy] and glad for it, but my sadness is that I could still be arrested by possessing mushrooms I picked for myself in a forest. I've been confronted by the authorities over this issue and believe me it is not a pleasant or healing experience. A list off the top of my head mentally ill people should avoid: hand guns, rifles, poison, rope strong enough to hang oneself with, enough narcotics to go to sleep forever, dynamite, poison gas, large quantities of alcohol, religious cults, LSD...

Gatsky 4y ago
Maybe I have a different perspective working in healthcare. People with mental illness tend to self-medicate with whatever is available, so you can’t lump dynamite and rope together with psychoactive drugs as the degree of actual harm is a different order of magnitude. As always, with any libertarian approach to regulation, it’s vulnerable people who suffer (mentally ill, poor, children) for the ideals of others. I find this is rarely a good deal in the final analysis.
- amanaplanacanal 4y ago
  The alternative is throwing people in prison. Which seems to me to be a much worse deal.
  - Gatsky 4y ago
    This is one alternative the USA has chosen, but obviously not the only one.
    - amanaplanacanal 4y ago
      I’m not sure what other options there are. Illegal: people go to jail. Legal: people who shouldn’t take these drugs will have access. I’m certainly open to suggestions though.
- labrador 4y ago
  I have a couple of psychiatric diagnoses so I am not unaware of the concerns of the mentally ill. People like me know to be very cautious with medicine, prescribed or otherwise. It should have a say in whether I should be locked up or what substances I feel I can safely use. I think there's a problem that we can agree on and that is early detection and treatment of mental illness in teens before they get their hands on an AR-15 or LSD. As a culture, America is very neglectful in this regard.

Gatsky 4y ago

Maybe I have a different perspective working in healthcare. People with mental illness tend to self-medicate with whatever is available, so you can’t lump dynamite and rope together with psychoactive drugs as the degree of actual harm is a different order of magnitude. As always, with any libertarian approach to regulation, it’s vulnerable people who suffer (mentally ill, poor, children) for the ideals of others. I find this is rarely a good deal in the final analysis.

amanaplanacanal 4y ago
The alternative is throwing people in prison. Which seems to me to be a much worse deal.
- Gatsky 4y ago
  This is one alternative the USA has chosen, but obviously not the only one.
  - amanaplanacanal 4y ago
    I’m not sure what other options there are. Illegal: people go to jail. Legal: people who shouldn’t take these drugs will have access. I’m certainly open to suggestions though.
labrador 4y ago
I have a couple of psychiatric diagnoses so I am not unaware of the concerns of the mentally ill. People like me know to be very cautious with medicine, prescribed or otherwise. It should have a say in whether I should be locked up or what substances I feel I can safely use. I think there's a problem that we can agree on and that is early detection and treatment of mental illness in teens before they get their hands on an AR-15 or LSD. As a culture, America is very neglectful in this regard.