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In general, getting high is a maladaptive coping strategy chosen by some people, and technically it is against the Hippocratic Oath to assist giving them a chem

In general, getting high is a maladaptive coping strategy chosen by some people, and technically it is against the Hippocratic Oath to assist giving them a chemical lobotomy. The opioid epidemic helped erode away ethics in medicine, as many physicians partnered with drug-dealers/Sackler-family to exploit users knowing full well the "medication" had serious side-effects. As I watch the squirrels getting high on the poisonous mushrooms, and howling at a passersby in the yard this time of year... it reminds one that the methodology of self-harm is an irrelevant detail. Drug addicts have an endless supply of excuses why they think their behavior is justified. Indeed, there are an ecosystem of unethical people willing to help them along the wrong path. I don't think people should go to jail for seeking an artificial cathartic experience, but rather be forced to join the Native shamans in a 2 week Datura fueled experience. However, facing insanity while hallucinating and rolling in your own excrement naked for 2 weeks is not popular for some reason... =3

simianparrot 2y ago
You’re not wrong. I think what we see a lot of in the world these days and particularly a lot of US states is some form of malignancy cloaked as compassion that enables destructive spirals of self-harm through drug abuse.
leoedin 2y ago
> getting high is a maladaptive coping strategy chosen by some people The problem with saying this is that being high simply isn't a single thing. It’s a huge spectrum of experiences done for different reasons. My experience with psychedelics is that they are extremely fun. Sure, it’s escapism - in the same way a funfair or a film is escapism. That doesn’t make it immoral. It’s not even clear that it’s self harm - certainly no more than horse riding is a form of self harm (statistically speaking).
- kelnos 2y ago
  I don't think GP was arguing that's the only use of these drugs; it was a direct response to Matthew Perry's situation.

simianparrot 2y ago

You’re not wrong. I think what we see a lot of in the world these days and particularly a lot of US states is some form of malignancy cloaked as compassion that enables destructive spirals of self-harm through drug abuse.

leoedin 2y ago

> getting high is a maladaptive coping strategy chosen by some people The problem with saying this is that being high simply isn't a single thing. It’s a huge spectrum of experiences done for different reasons. My experience with psychedelics is that they are extremely fun. Sure, it’s escapism - in the same way a funfair or a film is escapism. That doesn’t make it immoral. It’s not even clear that it’s self harm - certainly no more than horse riding is a form of self harm (statistically speaking).

kelnos 2y ago
I don't think GP was arguing that's the only use of these drugs; it was a direct response to Matthew Perry's situation.