I was referring to the language people use to convert other humans into objects or automatons. But if you deny the addict any agency, you deny the possibility

I was referring to the language people use to convert other humans into objects or automatons. But if you deny the addict any agency, you deny the possibility of eventual recovery. One could also point to the Sacklers as the ones with agency in that scenario. But somebody made choices; it didn’t just happen and there’s nothing that anyone could have done.