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Decriminalise all drugs (s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com)
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alt texttweet by Johann Hari: The core of addiction is not wanting to be present in life, because pour life is too painful a place to be. This is why imposing more pain or punishment on a person with an addiction problem actually makes their addiction worse.

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago

Isn't there also a chemical element to it that makes trying to get a heroin-addict to go cold turkey kinda like shaming a diabetic for using insulin?

[-] i_see_stupid_people@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

Yes. The withdrawal symptoms are real and physical.

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