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by jamescostian 3323 days ago
> too many people rely on [drugs] to an absurd extent rather than changing behaviors and habits

It's not that simple. If I go to school and someone gets me sick, you wouldn't "this is your fault, you shouldn't have such bad habits like going to school." Furthermore, what are these good behaviors and habits? I can find a million articles on the internet telling me that cold showers are a good habit and another million saying hot showers are a good habit - which one is objectively right?

Yes, there are people who decide to use drugs instead of making simple changes (e.g. my friend who drank a large bottle of Jack in a day and needed to get his stomach pumped - he should have just vented to a friend about his girl issues). But there are so many other people out there who don't fit that description, and there isn't any true scottsman with objectively perfect behaviors and habits. So I don't think it's unreasonable to help people out with more options for drugs that may be better for some people than what we already have.

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> can find a million articles on the internet telling me that cold showers are a good habit and another million saying hot showers are a good habit - which one is objectively right?

The one that works for you? We are all different, depending on ethnicity, medical history, and a million other factor your diet, life style and life choices will affect your health differently.

How do you define "works for you"? For example, say I take cold showers and decide "this makes me cold; I don't like it" and then start taking hot showers everyday. But then imagine that one day, we find a link between hot showers and cancer.

How was I supposed to know that cold showers would have been better for me? Should my "bad habit" really be blamed?