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this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2024
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I don’t think drugs are necessarily the answer but therapy is in most cases so prohibitively expensive it’s almost certainly never the answer for the majority of people. $50-100 per week on therapy, if we’re being extremely generous, could fund multiple drug addictions.
The way things are set up, yes, it's prohibitively expensive and standards (and methods of treatment) are sloppy and all over the place.
I don't think multiple drug addictions would really help that person either, at least not as much as the kind of educated and experienced person (be they a psychiatrist, psychologist, a very kind and understanding dealer, a shaman, or whatever) that would narrow down courses of treatment. In the case of the cousin I mentioned, just bouncing from one "just do (drug) bro don't be a (slur) bro" after another was almost like fad dieting, except more expensive.
I don't have easy answers when it comes to something being affordable and in easy reach with a keen diagnosis for someone in need that can't afford to try a lot of things.