Tag: drugs

mrsdewinter:

queer eye but its five trans women turning up at ur house and one teaches u coding, one goes thru ur spotify and replaces all ur playlists with harsh noise, one buys u chokers, one chastises u for ur choice in political theory and one smokes weed with u for an hour and u talk abt traumas

hotcommunist:

anyway with regards to the opioid addiction crisis y’all really need to learn the difference between reliance and addiction, because they’re not the same.

I am reliant on opiate painkillers the same way I am reliant on my epilepsy medication: I take a set amount twice a day in order to function normally. my condition is not curable. physio will not fix it. I do not experience any highs from my painkillers, but I do experience less pain.

this differs vastly to addiction, where the amount you take is not set, may be beyond the safe dose. It will likely cause withdrawal symptoms if stopped abruptly, as well as harming your body due to the large doses ingested.

this is why it’s terrifying to hear that restrictions are going to be tightened to the extent that it will be almost impossible to get.

that kind of “reform” will only push people -reliant and addicted alike – to get it from non – official sources, where you don’t know what the fuck is in there. it will make actual addicts less safe and reliant people forced to live in agony.

the way to treat this “epidemic” is to invest in addict help schemes, rehab centres, and offer a variety of pain management systems, not this stupid blanket ban style thing that politicians are saying for brownie points.

guess that isn’t as profitable though hm.

forcesunleashed:

forcesunleashed:

forcesunleashed:

I think leftblr is a little too quiet about sensible drug policy and that’s really telling 🤔

Access to clean needles should be free

Testing kits for fentyl and stricnine and other laces should be free

Narcan should be free (and is given out by a lot of opioid awareness groups thank god)

Access to methadone and suboxone should be free

And this is all like… really basic stuff. I personally want full repeal of the scheduling system and other measures regarding the prison system

Drug addiction is a direct result of suppression of certain populations and the pharmaceutical industry’s push for the normalization of opiate use.

Anti drug policy is almost entirely rooted in racism and it serves to build up our prison system, while simultaneously denying addicts access to safe withdrawal measures. The war on drugs never served to help the people as a whole, and always served to isolate people of color and divide the classes even further. There’s a reason mostly poor people and/or people of color face real time for drug charges.

A lot of you are inherently against drug addicts and supplying them with clean materials because you have no idea how addiction works. If you come off certain drugs like meth, heroin, or spice cold turkey, you could DIE. Needle exchanges provide safety, health screenings, and information on recovery while providing disease free, smooth needles to taper with.

And if we don’t destroy the system that enables addicts (capitalism) then we’re not going to solve the 97% relapse rate that addicts have.

You can’t claim to align with the left if you want addicts to die. It’s a blatant ignorance of why addicts become addicts and it’s an engrained hatred of neurodivergent people.

youthincare:

[ image description is galaxy brain meme format but with skulls on the left side. First pic and text is a pic of a skull in black and white next to text that says, “call in sick.” 

Next image is a skeleton blurred in all red next to text that says, “go in high.” 

Next image is a colourful skeleton next to text that says, “go in high and steal stuff.” last image is a skeleton wearing a white sash with text that says, “communism” on it. They’re wearing a top hat, and a long black coat with red stars and hammers and sickles behind them. Text next to the image says, “go in high and start a union.” ]

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emmersdrawberry:

all those ‘say no to drugs’ assemblies in school where WACK i never once had the pot head kids push the Devils Lettuce on me. they’d be like ‘hey u wanna smoke some of this here Blunt of Marajoouana?’ and i’d be like ‘no thanks i dont smoke’ and they’d be like ‘ok cool’ and never bother me about it again

drinkers? NO CHILL AT ALL. even into adulthood people act like i’ve slain their child when i say i am completely sober. like every single time i’ve said no to drinking some person is like ‘what about jello shots there’s barely any in it’ or they’ll leave me a solo cup of wine ‘in case you change your mind’ and when by the end of the night i haven’t had it they’re all ‘you didn’t want any?’ LIKE? YAH I SAID I DIDNT? 

anti drug psa’s are fine but they gotta talk about drinking too bc never once did anyone i know who did drugs push me to do it too but everyone i tell i am sober tries to find a way to get me to drink like i said ‘i am sober but change my mind’ or smth 

so all painkillers w codeine require a script now and ofc, i’ve lost my script. it could have fallen out of my partner’s bag. and i’m nearly out. so i have to spend all day tearing the house up tomorrow, as well as a friend’s birthday party, both of which are things i will likely need to consume the last of my painkillers to perform. and if i don’t find them i need to book an otherwise useless appointment w my doctor and basically waste his time and my energy. which is another thing i’ll need painkillers to do. like. its so fucking frustrating. it’s low level pain, and it’s very manageable in the context of chronic illness. but if i don’t manage it, i get to be in pain. that thing human beings tend to avoid at all costs

thequantumqueer:

misscherrylikesthediscourse:

Giving homeless people MONEY instead of FOOD can save their lives this winter, shelters cost money, being able to sit in McDonald’s and nurse a coke for a couple hours to warm up costs money, often accessing public toilets (whether it’s to use them, wash up or just to be out of the wind) costs money. 

Just give homeless people cash, just do it, no excuses, no whining about “enabling their drug habits”, if you have money to spare, give it and possibly save someone from literally freezing to death. 

#even if they spend it on drugs so fucking what #we all have to cope with existence somehow

i used to be one of those “keep stale crackers on hand to give instead of money because if they’re actually hungry theyll take it and if they dont want it theyre faking” people. the thing that killed off the last of that in me was a line in a tumblr post like this one: “people know what they need most, and if what they need most right now is a slight reprieve from their withdrawal symptoms, then who are you to judge them for that?”