Perhaps we need more social activism (remember that?) to stop people falling into this kind of addiction. I remember anti-drugs campaigning , they were everywhere. Phone addictions are not taken nearly as seriously.

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dymk 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Using the war on drugs as an example as a successful social movement is kinda hilarious

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gzread a day ago | parent [-]

People still generally think drugs are bad, don't they? And only the ones that were included in the war on drugs (not nicotine, alcohol, caffeine)? So it was a success.

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dymk a day ago | parent [-]

> People still generally think drugs are bad, don't they?

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		> There were high levels of agreement that drugs are a problem in Irish society: 88% of respondents agreed that drug-related crime is a major problem in Ireland, and 87% agreed that the availability of illegal drugs poses a great threat to young people nowadays. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27213/ > Only 22 percent of respondents said they would be willing to work closely on a job with a person with drug addiction compared to 62 percent who said they would be willing to work with someone with mental illness. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2014/study-public-feels-more-ne...
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