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by 6gvONxR4sf7o 2337 days ago
> Why is nobody asking the question: why do you need alcohol/drugs/whatever in order to live another day and not jump off a building or something? How can we fix that? Is it fixable? How did it come to this? And so on..

Maybe I live in a different social circle than you do, but mental health seems to be a pretty big topic these days.

>From "War on drugs", to "heh, fuck it, legalize everything and hope for the best"...

Legalizing pot and mushrooms is a far cry from what you said. The points being made here are A) drugs exist on a spectrum from dangerous to benign and B) abuse lies on a spectrum from dangerous to benign and C) mushrooms are towards the benign end.

That's not to say legalize the whole spectrum or throw in the towel on mental health. Not sure where you're getting that.