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can't really grow up and do drugs responsibly This is a very naive, almost willfully ignorant, understanding of how addiction and drug abuse works. It's more
by spicyusername 1y ago
can't really grow up and do drugs responsibly
This is a very naive, almost willfully ignorant, understanding of how addiction and drug abuse works.
It's more like a genetic lottery. If you didn't get the right set, there is no such thing as responsible use, only abstinence or destruction.
The challenge for society is how to grapple with this genetic inequity.
Zero tolerance would probably be best for everyone, at the expense of the entertainment of some. It would also be impossible to legally enforce and seems to result in abusive policing and organized crime.
Laissez-faire would fix the above problems, at the expense of those genetically predisposed to addiction, which is a significant percentage of society, and which has been shown to have horrible social side effects in terms of crime, mental health, child abuse, and mortality.
It's a hard problem.
- kgwxd 1y agoSounds more like you've just bought into some over simplification of genetic effects on addictive behavior. It's definitely not all or nothing for everyone.
- spicyusername 1y agoIt's definitely not all or nothing for everyone. I didn't say it was all or nothing for everyone. I said it is all or nothing for a large percentage.
- WalterGR 1y agoWhat's MDMA's addiction risk profile and therapeutic use potential vs. other "party drugs" such as - say - cocaine?
- jpalawaga 1y agoMolly addiction risk: low. Once your brains serotonin is depleted, the drug stops working, and the hangover isn’t really something to be avoided. Cocaine addiction risk: moderate. Similar to alcohol. Most people won’t end up otherwise a bonafide addiction but some will. Its use is inherently addictive, most people do not have just “one” bump and then go home. Molly therapeutic use: still under research, but extremely promising in helping to resolve ptsd and other similar issues. Potentially other uses, too. Cocaine: used as an anesthetic. It can also be used to reverse the effects of some other drugs in emergency situations (I.e. canceling out a downer, or other situations where you need a burst of energy)
- rickandmorty99 1y agoI'm not sure. My parents are heavy drug abusers. All my grandparents were alcoholics. The only thing I'm mildly addicted to is coffee and I roll once every 2 years on mollie. A few differences: 1. I've been pushed hard to do education. I did and became way more science-minded than anyone in my family. 2. I've seen the effects of drug abuse on my parents/grand parents. I was anti-drugs until 21. 3. I opened up experimenting when I was 27. All my parents/grand parents got hooked between the ages of 13 and 16.