| Who’s we, what’re they thinking, and how is it wrong? I fundamentally agree with the angle of the author(s). The drug rat thing is a red herring that keeps being used as an anchor to analogise complex and varied behaviours. The disease model is absolute dogshit, but, it creates the perfect environment for medicalisation and treatment. And now you have a market. Nobody needs an explainer on how markets can deviate to create feedback loops, likewise nobody wants to hear that despite plenty of organisations/operations doing great work there are others creating immense harm, misery, and wealth. My main point is I don’t get the collective we, because the average person has little interaction with models of addiction, I’d argue that most people would struggle to define it, and then the nuance between addiction colloquially (I’m addicted to matcha lattes) vs addiction medically (I’m addicted to opioids) creates even more problems. No solutions here, just thoughts. |