• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        Anyone with a pulse finds this sinister as fuck because it’s obvious that no one would voluntarily participate in something like this.

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          I could see someone who is addicted to hard drugs finding success with a program like this, and the phrase “if they want to” implies that going to one of these is voluntary and not compulsory, but the real question is once they are there, can they check themselves out at any time if they feel like the program isn’t working for them? Or did the government just trap them in a taxpayer funded insane asylum for the rest of their lives because they now won’t give them any psychiatric medication to help treat the antisocial symptoms?

          Of all the RFK stuff I’ve heard about, this one seems like it would be his best idea and one that most liberals could get behind if it weren’t for his regressive views on psychiatric care. Getting people off drugs and back onto their feet should be a worthwhile societal goal. Getting people off of SSRIs and Adderall and other psych meds seems like it would be counterproductive.

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            2 months ago

            Sorry mate this is just bonkers.

            Do you really believe RFK has just solved drug abuse?

            Why not ask people who have been working in rehab centres for decades what is needed to mitigate this complex problem.

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          People voluntarily go to rehab centers all the time. Court-ordered rehab is often offered as an alternative or complement to jail time.

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            2 months ago

            Voluntary rehab centers don’t rent you out to factory farms as manual laborers during harvest season.

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              True. If you are being rented out then you are not volunteering. If there are daily quotas and guards supervisors then you are not volunteering.

              But people do volunteer for rehab. It really depends where on the wellness retreat <—> concentration camp line these things fall.