Look, another recovery related post that no one reads…
Hmm, and you wonder why we post memes instead
81 views, and 6 people followed the link. That’s not no one.
Hey I followed the link! Read the article too…
If I think back to it, I think I read it as information in the opioid crisis and thought about how it relates to the larger phenomenon of the addiction crisis but was waiting for other opioid users to chime in with their more informed opinions.
I can say that it brought up the feelings that I have that we are of more use to a consumer capitalist culture sick and addicted than we are healthy. It also made me wonder if after so many generations of consumer culture living we are unable as a society to make a choice that would be so beneficial for so many of our people if it goes against the bottom line of revenue produced.
I mean WE…here on this board…would not have an issue voting for a more comprehensive approach to care, but…can we convince our law makers to? And well…I think that we have to figure out how to make it palatable to others so that we can’t be ignored.
Honestly, I don’t think the general public is ready to commit to what it is going to take. It’s going to take Innovation and some things are going to make people uncomfortable
Well…I’d have to agree with that.
What is the innovation you imagine?
Safe injection sites. Treatment over jail model in expanded cases. More vocational training in jail. Neighborhood revitalization. Expanded health care coverage to addicts. More funding for grassroots agencies. Less government interference in treatment modalities.
I agree with all this.
What should we do though to limit government interference if government subsidizing will most likely be necessary as many addicts don’t have access to funds?
The government has the ability to give out funds without all the oversight. When I worked at legal aid they just gave us the money and let us run the program because we knew what was effective. But when it comes to addiction the government is overbearing. For example the government doesn’t want some state run rehabs encouraging 12 step programs, even though a lot of people who work in rehab attend them themselves
Got it…that’s true, give people money and trust them to do the work. That would allow smaller satellites to “govern” themselves as they see fit for their particular population.
Every generation has their epidemic. Crack. Meth. Opioids. As tragic as it is, it’s human nature to play with fire and engage in self-destruction. There will be a winnowing out, wreckage will be sifted through, and then society will move on to the next thing. Legalized weed will bring a whole host of problems I already see the Virtual and Augmented Reality crisis on the horizon. When teens would rather watch porn and masturbate than actually have sex, when adults would rather have sex with a robot than a person, something is wrong. The desire to reproduce is fundamental to the survival of any species. We are no different.
As much as we try to “civilize” ourselves, we can never eliminate those parts of humanity that seeks the high. Always been this way, and always will be this way.
The answer lies within the individual. Either avoid it altogether, or quit it, but this has to be done one person at a time.
At least that’s the way I see it. Your mileage may vary.
Yeah, as soon as u say safe injection sites people down south loose their shit dunno how it is elsewhere. I’ve had that discussion with my brother before and just couldnt win. I told him that he of all people should at least see the bright side of not having to worry about getting poked by a used needle as often when hes got someone detained and frisking them but that didnt even go over with him
Oh, great.
Now I HAVE TO read it.
Thanks for the quilt trip. 
I really dont see the users of pot will getting any bigger then it is. You just wont have to see your coke/dope dealer to buy it off the street. I drank alcohol before i was legal too. Legal age just makes it inconvenient for underage but still obtainable. Laws will only change the way we get it not the user…
Hell, look at Colorado. Usage hasn’t increased. Crime has decreased. Their model works great.
The agency I work for is attempting to get a safe injection site open but there’s a lot of red tape.
I know what doesn’t work, and that’s letting the problem “work itself out”. Part of the reason we keep having epidemics is that the previous ones weren’t addressed properly.