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Originally Posted by rubecube
Ah well. If Greg likes just getting high, then all policies should be based off of people like Greg.
Do you think the people who make these policy decisions don't actually have data that supports the policy decisions?
What a categorically stupid post.
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I was responding to this specific comment (I quoted it and everything):
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But the problem is, no one seems to be able (or willing) to successfully tackle the underlying issues driving drug addiction which are things like lack of mental health supports, housing insecurity, etc
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You see a lot of this kind of wonkish structural analysis of addiction. It glosses over the uncomfortable fact that the root cause of addiction for a lot of people isn’t socio-economic - it’s the fact they genuinely enjoy getting wasted.
And related to that is another uncomfortable truth - only a small fraction of addicts willingly avail themselves of rehab. So any program that relies on voluntary admission to treatment will only nibble around the edges of the problem.