Member of a traumagenic–catharigenic, semi-structural DID system (host: @LoganDark)
Feral female Flareon, somewhat kinky but terminally panromantic towards other ferals~
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I like this line quite a bit:
"A lot of junkies simply didn't think critically at all about their drug use, due to all the propaganda, and that's why it gets bad."
It's never really viewed from the perspective of those already abusing drugs harmfully. They're probably sunk into the propaganda enough at that point that they've just accepted themselves as irredeemable failures, and, you know, how the hell do you expect people who internalize themselves to be failures to that degree to act?
It's actually disgusting the degree of psychological battery we inflict as a society.
It's never really viewed from the perspective of those already abusing drugs harmfully. They're probably sunk into the propaganda enough at that point that they've just accepted themselves as irredeemable failures, and, you know, how the hell do you expect people who internalize themselves to be failures to that degree to act?
I actually meant something even worse, too.
It's not that all of them think they are failures in the eyes of society. It's that they don't believe information. The propaganda has desensitized them. It is so pervasive and useless that it teaches drug users to ignore all warnings, even if not all warnings are necessarily propaganda.
The boy who cried wolf.
Someone only needs to realize this once—that propaganda cries about a wolf that does not exist—for them to become much harder to save. If they never learn that real harm reduction resources exist, they will shut out everything instead of only the propaganda. ("harm reduction" is the practice of helping people do as little harm as possible if they are insistent on trying/taking a given drug. It is something that we advocate for.)
They will convince themself that it's fine, and anyone who says it isn't is just a liar, or trying to ruin their life, or etc. Once they stop listening to real warnings (the ones that aren't propaganda), that's when it starts to get bad.
This should not be happening. People should not have to shut out the entire world in order to take drugs. Maybe if they didn't, then we would actually be able to help them instead of letting them die or putting them in jail!
Most "illegal drugs" are legal in a lot of medical situations. Cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, even fentanyl. Medical cannabis has been a legal thing for quite awhile now. Psychs have been doing a lot of work on therapeutic LSD and ketamine. etc.
But yeah I'm really pro-decriminalization and pro-harm reduction. And in America specifically, we'd probably have a much lower rate of disordered substance use if people had access to proper care for managing chronic conditions (both physical and mental) instead of self-medicating with drugs.
Like weed helps with our anxiety and even our dysphoria, back when it was really bad, but we couldn't do things when we were high. Getting high at work when work stuff made us anxious meant we couldn't work anymore that day. If we're away from home and really anxious, it would be really difficult to get back home high. Psych meds + therapy means our anxiety is manageable and we're able to do things. The only medical use of weed we do anymore is for migraines, but when we have a migraine it's not like we're able to do anything anyways lol
Most "illegal drugs" are legal in a lot of medical situations.
Oh, absolutely, but still not for recreational use at home. Which is a valid hobby/pastime for some people!
Psychs have been doing a lot of work on therapeutic LSD and ketamine. etc.
We wouldn't want to accept LSD or psilocybin in a clinical environment. We've done LSD at home, and being at home was a very important requirement for us; we wouldn't have been comfortable or felt free to do so in a professional or controlled environment. Yes psychedelic therapy exists, and psilocybin clinics are even legal here, but we're waiting for the day when it's legal to use the substances at home. Which, luckily, is also being discussed in some places, but it's still some years out for sure.
we'd probably have a much lower rate of disordered substance use if people had access to proper care for managing chronic conditions (both physical and mental) instead of self-medicating with drugs.
Although I do agree, my main point is that it should be easier for people to get their paws on drugs in case they do need or want them. It should be accepted as a fact of life that drugs exist and they can be used responsibly, and it should be easy to get real advice from a medical professional. People should be able to talk about it without fearing repercussions.
Psych meds + therapy means our anxiety is manageable and we're able to do things.
Glad to hear it~ Most of our mental issues were solved just with ADHD meds, since we've been pretty self-sufficient over the years in terms of mental state. Though we will likely be self-medicating with LSD in the future, somewhat recreationally~
