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Old 04-17-2020, 09:14 AM
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davaidavai
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I suppose the leap of understanding is in viewing addiction as a biological and social construct. We do as we are told. The reason why alcohol is viewed as a drug of moderation has to do with social standing and economics. People -- non addicts -- moderate alcohol, cocaine, Adderall, in part because they are in the in group. Replace Scotch with cheap vodka, cocaine with crack, Adderall with speed -- the street versions of these drugs, and give them to people on the street without the same financial, social supports, and often coming from generations of abuse, and of course moderation is way less frequent.

Viewing the moderation narrative in this light, often mobilized around alcohol use by people of high status, is to expose addiction as a social construct.

I think this would result in a situation where there's less of an impetus toward substance. The addiction would be recognized and people would move toward a better understanding of what might make them happy, which would be imbued with more social consciousness and connectivity.
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