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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A stigma TERFs happily add to when they say "Do you want these kids to be dependent on taking pills for the rest of their life?!" Oh no, taking pills for the rest of your life, holy shit
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There’s no other condition that we actually create in order to medicate. We don’t induce diabetes in order to create a market for insulin.
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Being dependent on medication isn’t the same as addiction, you fuckwit. Diabetes isn’t an addiction to insulin. People with HIV aren’t ‘hooked on’ a cocktail of medication. The hidden addictions I spoke of are addictions to drugs and alcohol most people deny or are unaware of.
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Yeah and the line between "addiction" and "dependency" isn't the clear bright one you think it is, especially for currently controversial drugs like opioids
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