That’s not how any of this works. People with substance use disorders use drugs because their brains have literally changed from drug use, not just because “they’re fun”. People in later stages of addiction aren’t having much fun, they’re barely surviving. If we could just teach them to use moderately, that would be amazing.

In an ideal world we’d get people to stop using drugs entirely. Unfortunately, that’s a tough goal to reach for many people. So we try to get them to use less, or differently (eg smoking instead of IV), so that they’re less likely to die.

Because it makes for a more clickbaity headline

They’re Canadian, so no

Nice try junior

He reinstated himself?

Some young people, some old people, some medium people. What a stupid headline. You can find “some people” that think anything.

I see “brutally shot down”, I think oh good. Then I see it’s from Newsweek and I roll my eyes.

Nope

If he wanted to lick and rim a female president of Russia I’d still say it’s our business

If the former and potential future president of the United States of America wants to blow and rim the president of the Russian federation (which he obviously does) that is indeed business of ours.

That’s not the solution

He’s a good man that’s wrong about some things. Trump is a shitty excuse for a human that’s wrong about nearly everything.

Bake America Republican Free (BARF)

Oregon doesn’t have any for profit prisons. Good job guaranteeing it though.

There are plenty of addicts that seek out help without legal compulsion. I work in a treatment center in Portland and we have way more people seeking help than we can accommodate. Housing is the biggest problem, often people wouldn’t need a residential treatment bed if they had adequate housing.

Journalists generally don’t write their headlines. It’s usually copy editors from what I’ve heard.

Oregon has expanded Medicaid and only has 6% uninsured. Treatment is free under Medicaid, but there isn’t enough treatment available because of historical disinvestment in the treatment system.

Measure 110 invested a lot of money in treatment, but you can’t fix decades of apathy in 1 year.

In Scotland

What was the alternative in your magical world?

I’ve been in a lot of state and federal prisons in the US and I’ve never seen what you describe. The only inmates that are left alone in cells for days at a time are so extraordinarily violent that they can’t be let out without someone getting hurt. Even they have interaction with health and security staff, but it’s through a window.

Disciplinary segregation in every prison I’ve been in usually have two people to a cell whenever possible (which results in much lower suicide risk) and they’re let out several hours a day if they’re safe to do so. They can and do talk to people in adjacent cells all day long.

It’s still fucking miserable, but it’s not what you think.

In Norway, they get much more out of cell time in segregation as long as they’re safe. There are people that are only let out of cell alone, if they’re really violent.