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Alcohol is not any better.
Metaphysically maybe but physically, not really.
Alcohol literally destroys your brain and gives you dementia. It is objectively more physically damaging than opiate usage.
I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
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Well, how many people will see this headline and rush off to a back alley to buy a shot of heroin from some junkie?
That's not the problem though. The issues is "drug decriminalization" people treating addictions like it's not a real problem for many people. Many of these folks want it to get to a point where you can quite easily buy heroin and suffer no legal consequences. I'm not saying our drug laws are just or can't be reformed but the fact that heroin is illegal prevents a LOT of people from using it. How many people will the…
Most advocates for decriminalization I’ve encountered have a platform of using taxes for counseling and addiction services.
The middle ground you seek is already defined clearly. Are you sure your perspective here is as informed as it could be?
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#323This is legitimately dangerous reporting. Heroin is ranked in the top 3 of addictive chemicals and all this article reports about is this anecdotal nonsense. I've too many friends to Heroin to know the reality of the drug.
I think you're missing the point of the article a bit. Everyone knows Heroin is dangerous and it's iterated on in the article as well. Only responsible and healthy individuals should self-use drugs, generally speaking. Then you can also argue that you might not have lost your friends only because of Heroin the substance, but also how people with heroin addiction is "treated" and frowned upon in society. I think what…
> Only responsible and healthy individuals should self-use drugs, generally speaking.
Exposing oneself to developing a heroin addiction seems a somewhat irresponsible and unhealthy thing to do.
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Proactive vs reactive? If you can tell someone will cause an accident, you don't wait until it happens.
How can you tell they will definitely cause an accident?
What kind of person is willingly going to significantly increase the loss of life or limb?
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#325This is legitimately dangerous reporting. Heroin is ranked in the top 3 of addictive chemicals and all this article reports about is this anecdotal nonsense. I've too many friends to Heroin to know the reality of the drug.
You just threw out your own anecdotal nonsense.
Responsible drug users are invisible to society and to judgemental people like you. You have no data to discredit it.
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#326"I am a heroin user. I suffer from delusions."
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#327Can we ban “nautilus” from HN? This blog post is both clickbait and the post itself is deceptive and harmful to the general public. This is not the first time either.
Re: I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
#328The book Never Enough by Judith Grisel is a good addition this field, and probably this book.
Short version - your body longs to be at equilibrium/homeostasis and drugs (alcohol, stimulants, opiates, etc) upset that equilibrium, so your body attempts to return you to your previous state.
There is no free lunch, and a high will be accompanied by a low. The lows come in numerous and surprising forms.
The book is significantly better than my description.
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#329"If you’re not wearing a mask, when we have this highly communicable disease, then you’re potentially impacting the rights of other people."
The same argument could be made for heroin. The point is that 'not wearing a mask' does not endanger someone's life in any way unless someone is infected with covid. yet the author suggests that not wearing a mask is "potentially impacting the rights of other people" Then surely the same argument could be made for people using heroin, you're not endangering anyones life by using heroin unless you're causing drug-related crimes. Which is the exact argument the government used to declare war on drugs. This is quite a contradiction by equavalency.
The rest of the article is reasonable. I dont think he has said anything that fell outside the mainstream medical and psychological view.
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Jesus, I thought I drank too much but it's still hard to believe 10% of Americans drink the equivalent of 10 drinks EVERY DAY. On my worst weeks when I think "i need to cut back" I might average ~3 drinks a day, maybe 5 on a holiday bender.
From direct personal experience totaling well over a decade, 10 drinks is not hard to get to, especially for a larger person. 2-3 to get things going, and 1 an hour after that, for up to 7 hours. On weekends, I split it up; 3-4 in the morning & before lunch, then eat/sleep, then 6-7 through the afternoon & evening. Beer usually seems to be easier on the system than anything else, but that may vary by physiology. Once…
Thanks for sharing.
"I haven't given up completely on 'doing better'. But on the other hand, maybe that's not for everybody. We only have so much time here, how do we want to spend it? Stumbling over ourselves in an impossible quest for imaginary perfection, until we die anyway? Or enjoying ourselves the best we can given the dire circumstances?"
I hope you do arrive at "doing better". It is likely you will enjoy yourself a lot more.