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Bryan Calcott

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Digital Social Hour
Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

That's the part that people don't want to accept, is that fentanyl is a direct result of the prohibition against drugs.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

But once again, that goes back to statistics.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

Only about 10% of people who use drugs are actually addicts.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

The majority of them are high-functioning people.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

And maybe that's the problem.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

So there's an interesting question.

Digital Social Hour
Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

Let's say that 10% represent the group that you're talking about.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

They're addicted to drugs.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

They commit crime in order to support their habit.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

90% don't.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

So then does the government really have the right to tell these 90% of people, not only do you not have the right to use that drug that you can responsibly use, but we're actually going to create an environment where

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

where it's gonna be more dangerous for you to use that drug.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

Because now if you're buying ecstasy, if you're buying all these things, you have to buy it on a black market where there's no regulation.

Digital Social Hour
Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

And now this whole group over here, that if they had safe access to drugs, even heroin, they wouldn't overdose.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

You know who agrees with you?

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

California liberals.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

You know what, though?

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

They don't, though.

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Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

I'm sorry, but when you are in the public space, public safety has to be fucking number one.

Digital Social Hour
Erik Huberman vs. Bryan Calcott: Should the Government Protect You From Yourself? | DSH #1753

In any society who lets public safety go to the point where people don't feel safe when they're in the public space, like we were just talking about Vince, or to the point where you have armed people coming to your house and there is a five-month-old baby inside,