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(directed at everyone except OP)
Read the article. Seriously. It's maybe 10 minutes, and absolutely worth it.
Once you have read the article, I encourage you to bookmark it somewhere very easily accessible and provide it as a response to others over-simplifying the reasons for drug problems in the U.S.
Not everyone you offer it to will read it, but some will, and among those some will have their minds shifted in important ways.
I hate to break it to you, but if this place is anything like reddit, almost nobody even clicks through to the article; its something like 2% of headline views result in a link click
My message was for exactly the people who would see it - people who looked through enough comments that they saw it. Whether it's a lot of folks who see it or not, an attempt was made.
My main takeaway from this article (which was a great read): I could have just been a Drug Historian this whole fucking time?!
(I intended this to be a top-level comment and accidentally posted it as a reply here first. Leaving it despite the appearance of an attempt at "double-dipping".)
(directed at everyone except OP)
Read the article. Seriously. It's maybe 10 minutes, and absolutely worth it.
Once you have read the article, I encourage you to bookmark it somewhere very easily accessible and provide it as a response to others over-simplifying the reasons for drug problems in the U.S.
Not everyone you offer it to will read it, but some will, and among those some will have their minds shifted in important ways.
Being wrong has never stopped Trump from doing anything.
No fucking shit
I have a feeling most commentors didn't read the article. They should though, it's a really good read.
I Am a Regular Person. Trump Is Wrong About Most Things in Almost Every Way.
Typing that way pissed me off.
Isn't that the standard way titles are written?
I Am a Regular Person. Trump Is ~~Wrong~~Lying About Most Things in Almost Every Way. Typing that way pissed me off.
I don't think this fix makes you feel better.
...Trump Is Wrong ~~About Fentanyl~~ in ~~Almost~~ Every Way.
FTFY.
I take issue with the world "almost".
Fair point. Fixed.
Only about Fentanyl?
sigh...we know this. Facts don't matter to these people.
You don't say!
Not to discredit this person's work and writing, but yeah I would've guessed that myself