Drugs, in and of themselves, are not addictive. They can be extremely reinforcing. Addiction is a complex phenomenon in which drug characteristics + individual-level characteristics + social/ecological factors interact. Exposure to drug is not enough.
“Avoiding STDs was my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and brave soldier. Womens vaginas are potential land mines. There’s real danger there.”@realDonaldTrump Actual quote. Look it up.
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1/ I was looking through twitter today and saw how much people mistrust forecasts of the election. We are pretty bad at thinking probabilistically and it seems as if once a candidate is somewhere over 60% we default to assuming they are 100% to win
The caravan walked about 30 kilometers yesterday. They were greeted by the town with food, water and a movie.
Kids were finally able to laugh as Coco played on the big screen.
I’m headed to the caravan tomorrow. I want to tell the real story of their resilience + their power.