One of the real causes is lack of honest drug education. Also, making weed and psychedelics illegal forces people to turn to more dangerous substances. Ideally, no one would feel any desire to use any drugs at all. In the real world, people turn to substances to help them cope. Legalize psychedelics and many fewer people would die from overdoses or commit crimes to feed their addictions.
I’m assuming he was making a joke about America’s wildly unsuccessful “Hugs not Drugs” program, and it’s been poorly translated and run through the clickbait mill.
Antiquemooses says
It’s true white people don’t hug
ithaqua34 says
No hugs, drugs.
Moonhunter7 says
Lack of universal healthcare. Then people self medicate with what ever they can get.
Ventiny says
Sounds like America has a fentanyl problem.
TheManInTheShack says
That’s because way back when, Nancy Reagan told us all to say no to hugs.
Western_Protection says
Well there ya have it folks.
He solved the opioid crisis.
Forget the education and treatment.
We need more hugs!
NovaHorizon says
Definitely one of the cogs in the machinery with which we barrel down into social collapse.
Maybe general lack of empathy describes it better than families not hugging their children.
buzzothefuzzo says
i haven’t hugged anyone in 2 years and I’ve never done fent…
so yeah lack of hugs, thats the problem.
hops4beer says
It certainly didn’t help.
andyspank says
That’s not what he said but there’s a lot of hit pieces on him since he nationalized lithium.
psilocin72 says
One of the real causes is lack of honest drug education. Also, making weed and psychedelics illegal forces people to turn to more dangerous substances. Ideally, no one would feel any desire to use any drugs at all. In the real world, people turn to substances to help them cope. Legalize psychedelics and many fewer people would die from overdoses or commit crimes to feed their addictions.
igner_farnsworth says
I’m assuming he was making a joke about America’s wildly unsuccessful “Hugs not Drugs” program, and it’s been poorly translated and run through the clickbait mill.
alrighty66 says
He sure hasn’t been to California, the land of hugs and drugs
12baakets says
The “free hug” people are actually covert agents fighting drug cartels.
12baakets says
Drug cartels hate this one trick!