Self-medication by orangutans using bioactive properties of a plant

Re:Self-medication by orangutans using bioactive properties ... by hiddencost on Sunday October 04, 2020 @12:29PM (#24680207)

This is false. Drug use rates are comparable among the upper and lower class, but we overwhelmingly enforce against the poor.

Also, you should try some ganja, it might calm you down.

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Re:Self-medication by orangutans using bioactive properties ... by shadowmore on Sunday October 04, 2020 @12:48PM (#24680379)

And this is the flawed "it happens more to the poor, so it should be abolished" take.

Something being done disproportionately doesn't mean it's wrong. It's a way of diverting away from the core point by appealing to victimhood.

Though at the end of the day this all comes down to a fundamental disagreement between people who embrace human intuition and pattern recognition versus those who think those things are somehow uncivilized or evil -- a delusion orangutans, I'm certain, don't share.

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