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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