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Yeah, I see it as a failure in implementing a better road to recidivism for drug users that doesn't involve prison. It's a mental health issue after all. I thin
by gremlinsinc 3y ago
Yeah, I see it as a failure in implementing a better road to recidivism for drug users that doesn't involve prison. It's a mental health issue after all. I think perhaps maybe even separate "mental" health from normal healthcare and make it free / universal might go a long way. Maybe insentivize it, like giving plasma. Go to therapy 4 weeks in a row get $100 cash. That way it's not "forcing" people into something which is still a sort of "prison" mindset, but it's more like "encouraging" them to be there, and drug users will do almost anything for money, right? So why not have them do therapy?
- lotsofpulp 3y agoWhy would mental health be separated from "normal" healthcare? Mental health involves chemical signals in the brain. Once a chemical dependency has been established, how possible is it to "talk" someone out of it in therapy?
- monknomo 3y agowell, the thing with mental healthcare compared with regular healthcare is that the first bit of it is often kind of coercive? Like folks with chest pain want it fixed. But folks who hear voices/are addicted to something/suffer from crippling anxiety often don't want to fix it for a variety of reasons, some of which are even pretty good (such as nasty medication side effects). Crossing that hurdle is tough And you can talk someone out of a chemical dependency. Or rather, you can talk them into suffering through it, much the same way as you can talk someone into suffering through climbing a mountain or similar.