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People that are addicted to fentanyl are already in a situation where they are past caring (or able to act on that caring) about society as thinking of them as
by cthalupa 3y ago
People that are addicted to fentanyl are already in a situation where they are past caring (or able to act on that caring) about society as thinking of them as losers.
Every opioid addict I have met is ashamed of their habits already.
- tivert 3y ago>> Stigmatization has been proven to work with tobacco. I don't see any reason why branding those that use meth, heroin or ethanol as absolute losers and stupid uncool people wouldn't work either. > People that are addicted to fentanyl are already in a situation where they are past caring (or able to act on that caring) about society as thinking of them as losers. Maybe stigmatization is not a tactic to help existing addicts, but rather to discourage other people from getting to that state?
- cthalupa 3y agoI have never met anyone who has become an opioid addict because they thought it was a cool and fun thing to do. Every single one of them has been because they had gotten addicted when on prescribed medication or because their lot in life had gotten so terrible that they needed an escape far greater than alcohol to cope with it. My understanding is that the science aligns with my anecdotal experience, e.g. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5846593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5846593/ It's not like pot or shrooms or similar. People aren't doing it for fun or to broaden their mind.