One of the many nasty aspects of "safer supply" is it does what drug discourse has done since the 1960s: it recodes failure as rebellion. You're not a spiraling addict, you're a rebel and society just doesn't get you, man.
It gives you not just a substance but a narrative about your life that seems "liberating" but in fact is just mind poison and in the long run cruel: it encourages you to keep signing up for choices that will destroy you utterly. But along the way you can think "I'm a wild man, society can't harness me"
You can see how this message would appeal strongly to men, and how if you wanted to destroy society you'd play it for them in popular culture over and over.
One of the many nasty aspects of "safer supply" is it does what drug discourse has done since the 1960s: it recodes failure as rebellion. You're not a spiraling addict, you're a rebel and society just doesn't get you, man.
It gives you not just a substance but a narrative about your life that seems "liberating" but in fact is just mind poison and in the long run cruel: it encourages you to keep signing up for choices that will destroy you utterly. But along the way you can think "I'm a wild man, society can't harness me"
You can see how this message would appeal strongly to men, and how if you wanted to destroy society you'd play it for them in popular culture over and over.
Interesting. We do not hear much about the working addicts. The focus is on the largely unemployable addicts that are on the streets.
Governments have used drugs to control populations for a long time, learn about it in my podcast here: https://open.substack.com/pub/soberchristiangentlemanpodcast/p/true-drug-history-a-means-of-control?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=31s3eo
Powerful visual- will lead my addiction discussion next week with it. Excellent article, beginning to end. Men need our help and attention.