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MAKING PEACE WITH DRUGS DEPENDS ON
RESPECT FOR SELF MEDICATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT
AND
FINDING APPROPRIATE WAYS OF TALKING ABOUT SELF-PRESCRIBED MEDICINE - WAYS WHICH AVOID AND COUNTER THE PREJUDICIAL AND NOCEBOIC LANGUAGE IN WHICH MANY PEOPLE TEND NOW TO TALK ABOUT IT
AND
UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH SELF-MEDICATION PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY VILIFICATION OF SELF-PRESCRIBED DRUG USE AND EXPLOITATION OF MEDICINE DEPENDENCY RATHER THAN BY INTRINSIC PROPERTIES OF SUBSTANCES USED AS MEDICINES
PREJUDICIAL AND NOCEBOIC LANGUAGE
PREJUDICIAL LANGUAGE DOES NOT JUST HAMPER DEBATE AND UNDERSTANDING
IT IS ALSO NOCEBOIC
WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF PLACEBOIC
AND CAN TURN USE OF AN INTRINSICALLY INERT SUBSTANCE INTO SOMETHING DANGEROUS
MISUSE OF DRUGS AS A NAME FOR SELF-PRESCRIBED DRUG USE
AS IN THE TITLE OF THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT OF THE BRITISH STATE
IS PREJUDICIAL AND NOCEBOIC