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Baby_Hippos_Swimming t1_iye17hu wrote

Reply to comment by Lucr3tius in Quit pretending like you care about the poor by H0lland0ats

Have you considered that the stress and anxiety from financial insecurity could cause someone to self medicate with drugs and alcohol?

You might have your causation wrong in the correlation.

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Lucr3tius t1_iye28rl wrote

>could cause someone to

That isn't how volition works. If you make bad choices its not just some random cause and effect externality that you had no control over. Drug addiction doesn't "just happen." We all deal with stress and anxiety, and we all have to find coping mechanisms. If you choose a self destructive coping mechanism its on you.

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