>>11579667The strategy the United States prescribes medication is the exact same one we used fighting in Vietnam, and the results are the same.
We napalm entire swaths of our population with massive amounts of pharmaceuticals because there's no general consensus on how individuals should actually be treated with mental health that would also justify the cost of a per-person system of support. Entire generations are getting hooked on what will be seen a hundred years from now as how we view medical cocaine from 1907, except way less cool and far more dehumanizing.
If you absolutely don't need medication, do not get it. Try meditation, try diet and exercise, try therapy, try a hobby, become a monk, do anything else. You can always get off of them, but the longer you're on, the way more difficult it becomes.
