This was one of the evilest pieces I’ve ever read. I genuinely don’t know where to post this. It’s an argument for extreme institutionalization and I fear is going to be the guideline.
“No easy fix”? For fucks sake, just house them. It’s actually much less expensive.
The fent crisis was the easy fix for the heroin epidemic.
By this I mean the fent crisis was likely artificially “inflated” by the feds to permanently end Purdue pharma’s hillbilly heroin goofup
Interesting theory. NGL I haven’t read into it, but it seems plausible, given everything we know about Amerikkka.
What unifies recovery in America are the results. Compared to Western Europe’s, our system is more expensive, has higher relapse rates and more overdoses.
0 other mentions of those systems used by western Europe.
When we closed the state hospitals, we didn’t quite realize like, Oh, they are serving a purpose. These people are being safely housed here. They have food, they have care, they have shelter, all these things.
No shit
gormless. And what is their solution now that these state hospitals that served such a crucial function are closed? Jail pods, of course.
opioid epidemic has killed over 806,000 people in the US 1999 to 2023 🕊️
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The Atlantic : making liberals comfortable with the most fucked up reactionary takes since 1857
and the conservatorship bill author mentioned in the article is a democrat, of course. nasty fucking people
Susan
so unbelievably grim
