Cabal
02-15-2015, 01:57 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmvFRtYuYQ
An interesting perspective on addiction as it relates to the War on Drugs.
"There's a right-wing theory of addiction and a left-wing theory of addiction. The right-wing theory is some moral failing; you party too hard. The left-wing theory is it hijacks your brain, and so on. What Bruce says is it's not your morality, it's not your brain, it's your cage; it's an adaptation to your environment."
"The Drug War is based on the idea that the chemicals cause the addiction, therefore we need to physically eradicate the chemicals from the face of the earth. If actually the vast majority of people who use these chemicals don't become addicted, if in fact you've got a whole other thing going on, it makes sense to wage war on that thing. What we do is actually make the real cause of addiction worse. We take addicts, who are addicts because they are isolated and cut off, and we cut them off and isolate them more."
His conclusions seems to be that the more confined and restricted one is--essentially the less freedom one may enjoy--the more likely they are to become an addict, or abuser where drugs are concerned. He's basically drawing a correlation between liberty, or lack thereof, and addiction.
An interesting perspective on addiction as it relates to the War on Drugs.
"There's a right-wing theory of addiction and a left-wing theory of addiction. The right-wing theory is some moral failing; you party too hard. The left-wing theory is it hijacks your brain, and so on. What Bruce says is it's not your morality, it's not your brain, it's your cage; it's an adaptation to your environment."
"The Drug War is based on the idea that the chemicals cause the addiction, therefore we need to physically eradicate the chemicals from the face of the earth. If actually the vast majority of people who use these chemicals don't become addicted, if in fact you've got a whole other thing going on, it makes sense to wage war on that thing. What we do is actually make the real cause of addiction worse. We take addicts, who are addicts because they are isolated and cut off, and we cut them off and isolate them more."
His conclusions seems to be that the more confined and restricted one is--essentially the less freedom one may enjoy--the more likely they are to become an addict, or abuser where drugs are concerned. He's basically drawing a correlation between liberty, or lack thereof, and addiction.