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I was just commiserating with my wife about how we both exhibit a bunch of signs of ADHD but can't get medicated because doctors are highly discouraged from prescribing them, because of the misuse associated with them.
GPs won't prescribe them because of societal pressure, and yet there is also a nationwide shortage of psychiatrists.
The end result is that people who need something to get them to baseline suffer because politicians need to make a hammer-style policy for a scalpel-style problem.
A lot of people are turning to the dark web to get just basic medicine because it's such a headache to get the medicine that they need. It's WAY cheaper too.
It's sad that people have to resort to that, but it's better than suffering.
Hmm. I'd be concerned that the lack of regulation from medicines from the dark web would cause you to take something that makes me suffer even more.
Yeah, but it's easier and more reliable in some cases.
For example, every three months I have to go through a renewal process to get my diabetes medicine with my insurance. That's up to a week without my life saving medicine.
If I were to get it on the darknet, I'd add years to my life since I don't have to wait weeks to get the proper medicine.