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Why would you take what i've said as defending psychiatric medications or their side effects? I'm saying the same thing. It appears irresponsible to resort to

Why would you take what i've said as defending psychiatric medications or their side effects? I'm saying the same thing. It appears irresponsible to resort to substances that affect your behavior in non deterministic ways to fix a perceived problem. A child with the privilege of growing up in a good community, tends to have better outcomes and socio economic problems don't have solutions at the end of a needle.

pstuart 4y ago
> It appears irresponsible to resort to substances that affect your behavior in non deterministic ways to fix a perceived problem. While I slagged pharma solutions I also acknowledge that they have value too. Our brains are biochemical machines and sometimes the chemistry needs a tweak. When done right it's life changing. > A child with the privilege of growing up in a good community And those that don't? > don't have solutions at the end of a needle That's quite a leap.
- DisjointedHunt 4y ago
  Instead of parsing isolated sentences like someone without the capacity to connect them, try reading the whole thing and reflecting on the meaning before responding to independent quotes without context.
  - pstuart 4y ago
    Well you packed quite a bit in there and there and I got lazy. But my points stand. Medication can be valuable for mental health, but there are risks. While there are abuses of this, it still doesn't discount the value for those it does help. Psychedelics/Ketamine/MDMA are showing great promise in therapeutic contexts and it's about time they are allowed to be used. They also can be enjoyed recreationally (and also abused), but again, that doesn't discount the legitimate medicinal use of them. Your approach seemed to be that people just need to be born in the right community and upbringing and have a good life and everything will be all right. The War on Drugs has been a catastrophic failure and attitudes such as yours support the continuation of that mistake.

pstuart 4y ago

> It appears irresponsible to resort to substances that affect your behavior in non deterministic ways to fix a perceived problem. While I slagged pharma solutions I also acknowledge that they have value too. Our brains are biochemical machines and sometimes the chemistry needs a tweak. When done right it's life changing. > A child with the privilege of growing up in a good community And those that don't? > don't have solutions at the end of a needle That's quite a leap.

DisjointedHunt 4y ago
Instead of parsing isolated sentences like someone without the capacity to connect them, try reading the whole thing and reflecting on the meaning before responding to independent quotes without context.
- pstuart 4y ago
  Well you packed quite a bit in there and there and I got lazy. But my points stand. Medication can be valuable for mental health, but there are risks. While there are abuses of this, it still doesn't discount the value for those it does help. Psychedelics/Ketamine/MDMA are showing great promise in therapeutic contexts and it's about time they are allowed to be used. They also can be enjoyed recreationally (and also abused), but again, that doesn't discount the legitimate medicinal use of them. Your approach seemed to be that people just need to be born in the right community and upbringing and have a good life and everything will be all right. The War on Drugs has been a catastrophic failure and attitudes such as yours support the continuation of that mistake.