• BenReilly97@lemmy.world
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    And a tax on cannabis sales would fund these farms, he proposed.

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but… is he really suggesting a federal tax on a federally illegal substance?

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    Nothing to see here, just politics as usual, the liberals are just trying to scare everyone. /s

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    “I’m going to create these wellness farms where they can go to get off of illegal drugs, off of opiates, but also illegal drugs, other psychiatric drugs, if they want to, to get off of SSRIs, to get off of benzos, to get off of Adderall, and to spend time as much time as they need — three or four years if they need it — to learn to get reparented, to reconnect with communities,” he said during the broadcast.

    Isn’t it neat how he mixes in prescribed medical treatments? Neato.

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      Uh yeah, no.

      I once thought it might be an idea to try and back off from 100mg sertraline to 50mg sertraline and on day two I wanted to strangle people. You can take my SSRIs from my cold dead hands.

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        Yeah, I’m on 300mg sertraline daily, and I sometimes have trouble getting my prescription filled (understandable, it’s a way bigger dose than usual)

        But if I’m not on it, the suicidal thoughts usually start on day 3

        So if they were to take my SSRIs, I would quickly be killed by my own cold, dead hands

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          I’m going to try and write on my brain to turn those thoughts entirely on the people who decided I shouldn’t get my meds anymore.

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        Yeah, getting on and off medications is no easy task sometimes. And we already have mental health facilities you can go to for med adjustments. It’s just not free.

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          I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say. On my current dose, I’m pretty good. Less? I very quickly go back to the state that brought me to where I needed to get on this medication. I am much better off staying on this dose until the end of my days, and frankly, so is everyone who has to interact with me.

          That said, “not being free” made it so that I couldn’t stay on meds when I was in my twenties. The several other obstacles I dealt with over the decades mostly had to do with insurance that I had.

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      He’s a big believer in the whole “keeping people on drugs isn’t the fix” kind of thinking. It’s short-sighted and ignorant of the fact that a lot of people on them have a net benefit to function in society.

      What he is proposing is something far more stupid akin to “Well look at me. I’ve never needed these drugs, and I’m totally fine. WTF, people?”

      If you want a country that is doing the proper work to stop jumping to long-term prescriptions as problem solvers, I’m all for that. DO NOT confuse that with these dumb shit he’s suggesting though.

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        “Well look at me. I’ve never needed these drugs [He does], and I’m totally fine [He’s not]. WTF, people?”

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        What he is proposing is something far more stupid akin to “Well look at me. I’ve never needed these drugs, and I’m totally fine. WTF, people?”

        Except he looks like a reanimated corpse and sounds like a frog that died on a log in a bog.

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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      It’s all the same when you believe in conspiracy theories, are not a Dr., and had a brain worm die in your head.

      Also, how in the hell do we not have at least a medical degree as the very 1st requirement for a position that controls/shapes medical care for the country?!

      … to spend time as much time as they need — three or four years if they need it — to learn to get reparented, to reconnect with communities …

      Is this paid time/leave? Who does he envision paying for his “wellness farms”? Or is this him envisioning everyone creating some commune farm where everyone is eating mushrooms and killing bears?

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      does that include his new bosses?

      gonna need at least four years to get them all cleaned up and ‘reconnected with communities’.

      and we better lock 'em all up just to make sure we don’t miss a straggler or two.

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    Wow, I’m so glad this dipshit who’s never had to work a day in his life could give this paternal wisdom to the plebs who might need this medication to retain employment and not die destitute in the streets.

    Who knew they just needed to be sent to a farm upstate so they could run free forever and ever?

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    Zen’s fascists will control you

    One hundred percent natural

    You will jog for the master race

    And always wear the happy face

    Close your eyes, can’t happen here

    Big bro on white horse is near

    The hippies won’t come back, you say

    Mellow out or you will pay

    Mellow out or you will pay

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    A lot of Americans have to pass a drug test to get a new job. Perhaps RFK would like if we applied this reasoning to Trump’s whole cabinet?

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      They’re skipping the FBI checks. Safe to say there will be no drug tests.

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    I wonder if commenters here went beyond the headline, or bothered to read the quote in the comments.

    The actual quote is not remotely as sinister. He said that he will start these community farms (which is not a labour camp for f sake) where addicts (which is not everyone who takes meds, it’s those who do but shouldn’t, of which there are thousands) can voluntarily choose to go, which is a far cry from “I’ll shove anybody who takes antidepressants into a labour camp” as the title suggests.

    There are a lot of people who take meds from dealers instead of doctors, who may have started recreationally but are now addicted to them. This is what he is lumping together with other kinds of drug addicts. It’s not even that stupid, it has been shown in studies that addiction is more effectively addressed by giving the person meaningful things to do.

    Now you can have your opinion on this idea and you can be skeptical of his implementation and you really should, the guy is a nut job who shouldn’t be allowed within ten kilometres from a government office - but sending regular joes to concentration camps because they take meds is not what he said.

    This title is rage bait, don’t fall for it.

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    “You go to a concentration camp and you go to a concentration camp! Everyone goes to a concentration camp!”

    Daytime television ratings 100