• bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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    3 days ago

    Yeah wonder what could drive someone to addiction and desperation? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm couldn’t be not having a stable food supply and a place to live?

    • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 days ago

      Yeah the whole correlation causation thing is going to be very mixed up here. Like lets look at it another way:

      Oh no I become disabled > Can’t work anymore shit I got no money > Try to apply for disability benefits oh fuck its a million forms and I need a lawyer oh fuck I’m broke > Crash at friends to apply for disability, first try fails after 1 year (this is pretty standard usually takes 2-3 trys), oh fuck friend kicks me out > go to homeless camp struggling to feed yourself, no time to think about applying for benefits anymore > The pain is too much I don’t have my medicine anymore its fucking freezing oh shit that guys selling drugs > get addicted

      Boom, you’re homeless and addicted. That story could happen to literally anyone without generational wealth and an exceptionally strong support network.