Aaaand here's the whole point of the challenge to the idea of biological essentialism "Person A gets to have HRT to change their body in ways that make them happier and function better because their body is actually wrong Person B doesn't because their body is fine"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @unwitod and
Person A gets opiates on prescription because they are in pain. Person B doesn’t because they just like the buzz. It’s so unfair!
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Replying to @Shatterface @unwitod and
Oh are we gonna start talking about how awesome and successful gatekeeping drug access has been as a policy, and the totally unbiased and compassionate ways doctors make judgments about "drug-seeking" behavior
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Replying to @arthur_affect @unwitod and
And again with the Gish-gallop. Do you think people should be entitled to free opiates for recreational purposes? Who should pay for them? Should we give them to kids like you want to do with puberty blockers and dildos?
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Replying to @Shatterface @unwitod and
That's not what "Gish gallop" means And no one has proposed making estradiol available to buy in bulk in the supermarket, although the analogy of getting high on hormones is stupid to begin with
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Shatterface and
I am in support of recreational cannabis, though, and a general rethinking of policy on "recreational" drugs because the one we have doesn't work It's widely agreed the reason research on psychotropic meds has gone in circles for a decade is anything promising is too "abusable"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Shatterface and
Even Prozac got hit with that criticism ("You've got people who don't hit all the diagnostic criteria for depression getting Prozac scrips just to feel better") *Prozac*, which hardly sends you flying into the heavens to meet God God forbid people want to feel better
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Replying to @arthur_affect @unwitod and
Addiction isn’t a cure for anything.
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Replying to @Shatterface @unwitod and
Who gives a shit, the question is how well the patient functions and how happy they are and how able they are to fulfill their responsibilities Everything else is just pointless judgment The "addiction" stigma that keeps people off lifesaving meds and costs lives
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Replying to @arthur_affect @unwitod and
“Addiction isn’t a cure for anything” “Who gives a shit”
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You probably know more people than you think who are, by the strict definition of the term, "addicted" to a chemical substance
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Replying to @arthur_affect @unwitod and
I’m well aware of that. How does the fact people have hidden addictions that they may not be aware of make addiction something we should feed?
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Shatterface and
Hi. My name is phyphor and I'm literally addicted to caffeine. I suspect I'm not the only one.
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