People should have the right to treat themselves as best they can.
Finally, if you look into the history of the War on Drugs, you'll find that the basis of it was oppression of classes of people, not safety.
I'm saying the same thing. It appears irresponsible to resort to substances that affect your behavior in non deterministic ways to fix a perceived problem.
A child with the privilege of growing up in a good community, tends to have better outcomes and socio economic problems don't have solutions at the end of a needle.
While I slagged pharma solutions I also acknowledge that they have value too. Our brains are biochemical machines and sometimes the chemistry needs a tweak. When done right it's life changing.
> A child with the privilege of growing up in a good community
And those that don't?
> don't have solutions at the end of a needle
That's quite a leap.
Medication can be valuable for mental health, but there are risks. While there are abuses of this, it still doesn't discount the value for those it does help.
Psychedelics/Ketamine/MDMA are showing great promise in therapeutic contexts and it's about time they are allowed to be used. They also can be enjoyed recreationally (and also abused), but again, that doesn't discount the legitimate medicinal use of them.
Your approach seemed to be that people just need to be born in the right community and upbringing and have a good life and everything will be all right.
The War on Drugs has been a catastrophic failure and attitudes such as yours support the continuation of that mistake.