Katherine Boyle

We've defeated suffering, and life is not about suffering.

That is what I think our legal system thinks.

That's what our medical system thinks.

And when you think of the opioid epidemic, what started the opioid epidemic in the 90s?

It was the belief in the medical community that suffering from back pain

is one of the worst things that can happen, and that there's a magical pill that you can take that's going to get you off of back pain.

And then there were pill mills across America handing out opioids because people couldn't deal with suffering.

And that was seen as a good thing.

Like, don't you want to eradicate suffering?

Same thing with ADHD.

Young boys, you know, it's like they can't focus in school.

Here's a magical pill, and you're not going to suffer anymore.

Your family's not going to suffer.

Your teacher's not going to suffer.

You're going to feel great.

And now 23% of boys at 17 years old are on ADHD medication in America.

And it's because we just do not believe that anyone should have to suffer.

We don't believe in resilience.

We don't believe that anyone should have to make a choice that has something to do with society or something that is duty versus what they want to do.

It's all individualistic.