Hamilton Morris

Yeah, that's it. That's the whole thing. That's why all those people died. Just one guy. But it's like, give me a break. He definitely played a role. I'm not saying it's completely false. But it's such a laughably reductionist... understanding of human motivations for drug use that I struggle to understand how any adult who has lived in the real world could think it is truly that simple, right?

Yeah, that's it. That's the whole thing. That's why all those people died. Just one guy. But it's like, give me a break. He definitely played a role. I'm not saying it's completely false. But it's such a laughably reductionist... understanding of human motivations for drug use that I struggle to understand how any adult who has lived in the real world could think it is truly that simple, right?

It's like the basic idea that I think people struggle with is that they think drugs are responsible for drug problems, which is a very superficial read.

It's like the basic idea that I think people struggle with is that they think drugs are responsible for drug problems, which is a very superficial read.

It's like the basic idea that I think people struggle with is that they think drugs are responsible for drug problems, which is a very superficial read.

of course they are strictly speaking but the reality is that to even get to a point where you want to hurt yourself with a drug or you want to you're willing to develop a problematic relationship with a drug there's usually some kind of social psychological problem that is putting you in that position to begin with yeah so just merely having act like you offered me kratom at the beginning of this yes podcast yes and i declined the kratom right why did i decline the kratom

of course they are strictly speaking but the reality is that to even get to a point where you want to hurt yourself with a drug or you want to you're willing to develop a problematic relationship with a drug there's usually some kind of social psychological problem that is putting you in that position to begin with yeah so just merely having act like you offered me kratom at the beginning of this yes podcast yes and i declined the kratom right why did i decline the kratom

of course they are strictly speaking but the reality is that to even get to a point where you want to hurt yourself with a drug or you want to you're willing to develop a problematic relationship with a drug there's usually some kind of social psychological problem that is putting you in that position to begin with yeah so just merely having act like you offered me kratom at the beginning of this yes podcast yes and i declined the kratom right why did i decline the kratom

I'm not even saying that kratom is bad. That's not the point. But the point is that I'm aware of it.

I'm not even saying that kratom is bad. That's not the point. But the point is that I'm aware of it.

I'm not even saying that kratom is bad. That's not the point. But the point is that I'm aware of it.

Yeah, people become dependent on it, definitely. Which in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing. I'm very dependent on caffeine. Right, right. So dependence in and of itself is not necessarily bad, although I would argue it's not.

Yeah, people become dependent on it, definitely. Which in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing. I'm very dependent on caffeine. Right, right. So dependence in and of itself is not necessarily bad, although I would argue it's not.

Yeah, people become dependent on it, definitely. Which in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing. I'm very dependent on caffeine. Right, right. So dependence in and of itself is not necessarily bad, although I would argue it's not.

The long-term effects are not all that well studied. It seems reasonably safe with occasional use. I mean, it is an opioid. It's a low-potency opioid. So dependence is not uncommon with people that use it regularly. And then you have the sort of withdrawal syndrome that comes with that.

The long-term effects are not all that well studied. It seems reasonably safe with occasional use. I mean, it is an opioid. It's a low-potency opioid. So dependence is not uncommon with people that use it regularly. And then you have the sort of withdrawal syndrome that comes with that.

The long-term effects are not all that well studied. It seems reasonably safe with occasional use. I mean, it is an opioid. It's a low-potency opioid. So dependence is not uncommon with people that use it regularly. And then you have the sort of withdrawal syndrome that comes with that.

Unlike more common opioids that are related to morphine, it doesn't really tend to cause respiratory depression, which is a big thing because the main reason that people don't like opioids or that there's this extreme fear of opioids in the United States is because they kill people. The caffeine example shows that people are somewhat comfortable with dependence.

Unlike more common opioids that are related to morphine, it doesn't really tend to cause respiratory depression, which is a big thing because the main reason that people don't like opioids or that there's this extreme fear of opioids in the United States is because they kill people. The caffeine example shows that people are somewhat comfortable with dependence.

Unlike more common opioids that are related to morphine, it doesn't really tend to cause respiratory depression, which is a big thing because the main reason that people don't like opioids or that there's this extreme fear of opioids in the United States is because they kill people. The caffeine example shows that people are somewhat comfortable with dependence.