Ben van Kerkwyk
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Is it public social pressure?
Because if they do pass this, then they'll be scrutinized and people that are ignorant and that have bought into the narrative will then look at them as like you're a part of the problem.
contributing to the deterioration of society, by allowing this use of MDMA to push forward and by minimizing the risks of it, by talking about the benefits of it, you're essentially allowing people to think that it's a lot safer than it really is.
Especially when you deal with things like there's a giant business in keeping people, I don't want to say happy, but not depressed.
Like there's a giant industry in people that are on SSRIs and antidepressant and anti-anxiety medication.
When it's been proven that exercise is far more effective than SSRIs are.
Far more medically proven, statistically proven that SSRIs are not as effective as regular exercise.
Well, exercise is definitely a medicine.
They should be able to.
Yeah, they really should.
But the problem is there's no profit in that.
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