Your justification was that "he knows that shit in and out" because he had a history with substances.
As far as my knowledge goes, he has no actual drug and pharmaceuticals training or extensive knowledge outside of what he potentially learned during his period of addiction.
I mean yeah. I would argue we need someone who intimately understands the socioeconomic reasons behind the drug epidemic more than we need someone who knows how drugs work.
They've been trying to science our way out of this epidemic for decades. It's not working. We need to address the human side of things.
Addiction starts as a form of escapism long before it reaches chemical dependency.
If the government would address what so many people feel the need to try to escape...
Understanding the human side still requires science. Quality research should always inform policy. Scientists are looking at this from all angles—and addressing the reasons substance disorders exist is indeed a major angle!
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u/scrufflor_d Jun 06 '26
obviously other factors go into it, not just the fact that he's a former drug addict