The ideology that was sold to tech workers by tech owners was that the workers were not like other workers, that they were very special boys who were entitled to high salaries and cushy perks due to the STEMy brilliance required to do their job. Easy to see the lie now that it's falling apart.

it's also not terribly confusing to see why someone who spent a portion of their life chaotically ingesting substances might begin to eschew pharmaceuticals in generally. doubly so for those whose habits started with licit substances like oxy.

you not walking anymore? 😰

shit like this is mostly why I just don't fw people like that. they go from being the most loud about asserting their transness and then immediately retreat to the comforts of cishet suburban life when given the chance.

can't forget the thirteenth year either! the color of friendship is also one of the more insane ones imo!

i was so obsessed with dcoms when i was in middle school.

one of the most prevalent examples of this in action was the Drug User Liberation Front's compassion club which provided lab-grade heroin and cocaine to nearly 50 people and saw 0 overdose deaths and, again, overall increased quality of life for its members.

safer supply programs in Canada have shown to, at the very least, reduce overdoses, increase engagement with wraparound services (housing, mental healthcare, job training, etc), and overall improved quality of life for people who use drugs.

third, criminalizing drugs contributes to stigma which leads to medical neglect, alienation, family separation, difficulty getting a job, inability to access certain benefits (either due to current drug use or prior convictions), housing discrimination, etc.

second, the iron law of prohibition means that outlawing drugs doesn't actually reduce drug use. it just floods the market with stronger drugs. see how there was an increase in overdose deaths after crackdowns on oxy, then heroin, and now we're getting stuff like xylazine and medetomidine.

just look at how dangerous alcohol was during prohibition. similar idea here with drugs. every time you pick up, you have no idea how strong it's going to be or what else is going to be in your gear.

several reasons for this: for one, allowing people to access legally produced, pure drugs means they can accurately dose them each time. this helps reduce overdoses when people can consistently dose the "right" amount. plus means no adulterants.

along with that let's get rid of the false dichotomy of "hard" vs "soft" drugs. all it does it contribute to stigma against whatever drug someone has declared "hard" and doesn't have a universal or coherent definition.