• CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    It's worth noting that even the happy rats would go get the occasional hit, they just weren't dependent on the drugs. They did it for fun once in a while, not frequently as an escape from reality. This is how healthy people enjoy drugs.

    That doesn't change the end result though. Addiction is the result of profound despair, not the cause of it. Giving people hope and support keeps them from needing to escape.