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A Prescription To Ruin Your Life

"Frank was a faithful husband, professionally successful, devoted father [] spent hours playing online poker. One day he went out to buy grass seed and came home with a new car [] convicted of possession of CSAM."
https://theamericanscholar.org/the-degradation-drug/

The Degradation Drug - The American Scholar

A medication prescribed for Parkinson’s and other diseases can transform a patient’s personality, unleashing heroic bouts of creativity or a torrent of shocking, even criminal behavior

The American Scholar
Oct 15, 2024 at 1:53amWeb
Show threadSwiftOnSecurityOct 15, 2024
"'I hurt people,' Hannah told me, tears welling in her eyes. 'And whether a drug caused me to do it, I am the vehicle of pain'"
– The Degradation Drug, Carl Elliot
Show threadEphOct 15, 2024
@SwiftOnSecurity bookmarking this to read later. Thanks for posting thoughtful stuff, in addition to the also-enjoyable shitposts.
Show threadFilene TaylorOct 15, 2024
@SwiftOnSecurity This is so, so good and I'm so, so glad I read it. Thank you. 🙇‍♀️💖
Show threadFi 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 15, 2024

@SwiftOnSecurity

oh yeah, my late grandfather was on that shit for a while. Fortunately, his outlet for compulsive gambling was the one specific casino, and it was a whole-ass production to get him there, so that limited things.

Show threadStryder NotaviOct 15, 2024

@SwiftOnSecurity Funnily enough, shortly after reading that I stumbled across this article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/14/unemployed-could-be-given-weight-loss-jabs-to-get-back-to-work-says-wes-streeting

Not sure whether I should be comfortable with this notion. :/

Unemployed could be given weight-loss jabs to get back to work, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary announces trials to assess impact of medicines such as semaglutide on worklessness

The Guardian
Show threadStryder NotaviOct 15, 2024
@SwiftOnSecurity They don't really explore why they think giving people Ozempic would help them with being unemployed, but the implication is there.
Show threadruffOct 15, 2024
@SwiftOnSecurity looks like a famous "visionary" case
Show threadsqncsOct 15, 2024

@SwiftOnSecurity wait until you hear about crimes of passion

https://www.nealdavislaw.com/criminal-defense-guides/sudden-passion-crimes-texas/

What are Crimes of “Sudden Passion” in Texas?

Learn about how crimes involving “sudden passion” are handled in Texas... when a crime was committed in the heat of the moment, and didn’t plan to commit the crime.

Neal Davis Law Firm
Show threadpetes_bread_eqn_xlsDec 27, 2024

@SwiftOnSecurity @stevegis_ssg

That’s horrible. I couldn’t read anymore after Hannah euthanized her cat on a (prescription-medication-induced) whim.

Show threadSteve GisselbrechtDec 27, 2024

@petes_bread_eqn_xls @SwiftOnSecurity

Sorry!

I'm fascinated with how brains seem to generate minds. Sometimes that gets nasty, but unfortunately that's where a lot of the action is in terms of what we can learn.