was talking to my friend and I said “wow you have really long fingers” and then I realised that sounded like I was coming onto him so I added “like ET” to desexualise the moment
Piping fuckin hot take incoming but it doesn’t matter if fat people are healthy. Not everyone has to be a paragon of fuckin health to be treated like a person.
it’s really funny to me that the endpoint of the cigarette companies lying to the public for ages wasn’t them being banned, it was them being forced to print “this product is poison that will kill you” on everything they sold
Honestly I’ve always been really curious why the massive anti-smoking campaigns of the last ~50 years have worked so well. Especially compared to, like, every other anti-drug campaign that was attempted over the same period.
Is it just ‘keep it legal but make it impossible to advertise and tax the hell out of it’ is more effective than actual banning, or what?
I put to you that a product is infinitely cooler if it is banned and super duper illegal for anybody (ESPECIALLY teenagers, wink) to get their hands on.
Buying something perfectly legal from a multi-million-dollar corporation, which has a label on it saying “This product sucks, don’t buy it” just doesn’t have that cool or edgy or rebellious feeling behind it.
legally-mandated cringe
This is basically what people who advocate for safe use centers want to do with currently illegal drugs. They’re much less fun if you do them in a clinic-style setting with a nurse watching over you.
Current harm reduction aims are actually more person-centered than that. It’s more about advocating for safe use—most people aren’t using illegal drugs for fun, they’re using them to cope with something.
Providing syringe access points/monitored drug centers make sure that:
supplies (needles, works, cookers, etc) are clean and therefore less likely to result in infection
(injection site abscesses are a major concern linked with death, amputation, sepsis, and other serious illness)
people who want counseling or other resources (housing, employment, etc) can receive some
reduced shame/stigma associated with use = more likely they seek out treatment
***REDUCING OVERDOSE DEATH***!!!!!
not only do they have Narcan and health professionals onsite, but they also can give out Narcan to save lives if people decide to use elsewhere
Support drug decriminalization, syringe access points and safe use centers!! People are going to use drugs regardless, lets keep them alive long enough to get treatment!
