What Science Says to Do If Your Loved One Has an Opioid Addiction

Re:What Science Says to Do If Your Loved One Has an Opioid A... by yosito on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:31PM (#15242300)

I'm not saying you're wrong. But turning this into a platform for calling out racial inequality is probably just asking for backlash. Yes, in the future we can apply science more equally to all regardless of race. Yes, we failed in this area in the past. But does that somehow invalidate science, or this research? No.

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Re:What Science Says to Do If Your Loved One Has an Opioid A... by kchoudhu on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:46PM (#15242473)

I think we will find that suburban white folk are backlash-proof. And a good thing too, because they need all the help they can get.

That doesn't mean I'm not allowed to feel regret for society's past (and indeed ongoing) failures.

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Re:What Science Says to Do If Your Loved One Has an Opioid A... by dqv on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:00PM (#15242629)

>That doesn't mean I'm not allowed to feel regret for society's past (and indeed ongoing) failures.

Agreed. And there is no reconciliation for the damage that has been done (and continues to be done). Politicians don't take this seriously enough. It won't be enough just to reform drug policy. It won't be enough just to free people who were wronged by the system. It's going to take society changing heart and supporting people who have been hurt for years. And the people who were hurt trusting a society that threw them and their family away...

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