Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment ‘a Miracle'

Re:Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment ‘a Miracle' by microcolonel on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:48PM (#17776947)

Yeah, there really is no moral excuse for any restriction (or even tax) on the purchase of chemicals which are broadly safe for consumption, completely generic, and of considerable medicinal value. I am convinced that there are more people who would begin to benefit from unprescribed private self-medication with MDMA than who would begin to suffer suffer harm.

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Re:Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment ‘a Miracle' by phnk on Thursday August 16, 2018 @07:37PM (#17779291)

> I am convinced that there are more people who would begin to benefit from unprescribed private self-medication with MDMA than who would begin to suffer suffer harm.

conviction |kənˈvɪkʃ(ə)n| 2 a firmly held belief or opinion

belief |bɪˈliːf| an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof

opinion |əˈpɪnjən| 1 a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge

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Re:Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment ‘a Miracle' by microcolonel on Thursday August 16, 2018 @08:32PM (#17779502)

Given that I did not use the word "conviction", what exactly are you getting at here.

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Re:Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment ‘a Miracle' by phnk on Friday August 17, 2018 @05:44PM (#17785713)

I stand corrected, indeed: the OED avoids defining 'to be convinced' as 'to hold a conviction' -- which is what I read in your post: absolute but fundamentally baseless certainty.

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