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[–] Zier@fedia.io 11 points 1 hour ago

Is he not aware that the fascist pumpkin he will be working for pops those like breath mints?? Please do send that rapist con man to a labor camp.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 56 minutes ago

Dexedrine for the win!

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, I already started weaning myself off my depression meds. Went cold turkey once, and that was a nightmare. They're planning to kill the VA, so fuck our service. I'm never getting cut off again. I'll switch to natural alternatives, thank you.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Phew, glad my psychiatrist prescribed me Ritalin.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 59 minutes ago

Definitely safe

[–] BenReilly97@lemmy.world 65 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

And a tax on cannabis sales would fund these farms, he proposed.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but... is he really suggesting a federal tax on a federally illegal substance?

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but are you pretending you don't know the war on drugs to be utter bullshit that's damaging society?

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 57 minutes ago

If it makes money, yes.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 40 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You hope he is just being clever and indirectly talking about legalizing cannabis, but you know that in reality he is just so incompetent that he has no idea what he is talking about.

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago

but you know that in reality he is just so incompetent that he has no idea what he is talking about.

The reality is he's very well educated and an overall intelligent person. His views are pure malice, not stupidity. Don't be a dunce and underestimate him

[–] jerakor@startrek.website 198 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Some sort of camp to help ADHD folks work on their concentration?

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 54 points 7 hours ago

Laughed too hard at this. It’s a Focus Group!!!

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 36 points 8 hours ago

call it a focus village or soemthing

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm on Methalphdenadite, don't really know how to spell that...

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

A very ADHD answer. Methylphenidate. It's the generic name for Ritalin.

Or Concerta depending on exactly what it is. I'm also on methylphenidate and had to check to see if it was Ritalin.

Ritalin is the fast acting version, while Concerta is the slow acting, but longer lasting version. Both use the same active ingredient.

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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 20 points 6 hours ago (2 children)
[–] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Spezi@feddit.org 3 points 3 hours ago

During a national holiday called Sharon Adarlo

[–] DangedIfYouDid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

From the looks of things, 20 minutes into the future.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 87 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

So his solution to ADHD is a concentration camp?

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 39 points 8 hours ago

Sure, that way they can learn to concentrate.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 97 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

"I’m going to create these wellness farms where they can go to get off of illegal drugs, off of opiates, but also illegal drugs, other psychiatric drugs, if they want to, to get off of SSRIs, to get off of benzos, to get off of Adderall, and to spend time as much time as they need — three or four years if they need it — to learn to get reparented, to reconnect with communities," he said during the broadcast.

Isn’t it neat how he mixes in prescribed medical treatments? Neato.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 47 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Uh yeah, no.

I once thought it might be an idea to try and back off from 100mg sertraline to 50mg sertraline and on day two I wanted to strangle people. You can take my SSRIs from my cold dead hands.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 23 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'm on 300mg sertraline daily, and I sometimes have trouble getting my prescription filled (understandable, it's a way bigger dose than usual)

But if I'm not on it, the suicidal thoughts usually start on day 3

So if they were to take my SSRIs, I would quickly be killed by my own cold, dead hands

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

How are you going to kill yourself with your own cold dead hands? That implies you're already dead. I guess you could chop them off and strangely yourself with them. That'd be pretty gruesome, but you do you I guess.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

New level of "the stranger" achieved. Your own severed dead hand.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 34 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (5 children)

He's a big believer in the whole "keeping people on drugs isn't the fix" kind of thinking. It's short-sighted and ignorant of the fact that a lot of people on them have a net benefit to function in society.

What he is proposing is something far more stupid akin to "Well look at me. I've never needed these drugs, and I'm totally fine. WTF, people?"

If you want a country that is doing the proper work to stop jumping to long-term prescriptions as problem solvers, I'm all for that. DO NOT confuse that with these dumb shit he's suggesting though.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 15 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

"Well look at me. I've never needed these drugs [He does], and I'm totally fine [He's not]. WTF, people?"

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 points 33 minutes ago

He THINKS he's fine because he lives in a bubble with other people who are willing to accept and normalize his unmedicated issues at great personal cost. And now, instead of being kicked to the roadside or reckoning with the idea of "maybe I'm the asshole here", he plans to make the whole US into his safe space so he doesn't have to be confronted with an idea outside his sphere.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

Also, "get reparented" is some very sinister cult programming (ie brain washing) language..

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 31 points 7 hours ago

Nothing to see here, just politics as usual, the liberals are just trying to scare everyone. /s

[–] ambitious_bones@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

"[...]to learn to get reparented[...]"

What does that mean?

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 42 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of Americans have to pass a drug test to get a new job. Perhaps RFK would like if we applied this reasoning to Trump's whole cabinet?

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 8 hours ago

They’re skipping the FBI checks. Safe to say there will be no drug tests.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 30 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

As a minority with ADHD I guess I'm fucked.

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[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

Technically people do owe taxes on revenue from illegal activity. You certainly could put a tax on something that's illegal, I just don't think it would bring in much revenue I'd you're still prosecuting people for that same thing you are taxing.

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[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 hours ago

Trade offer: you take my Prozac, I go off the deep end and take some fucks with me.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago

Wow, I'm so glad this dipshit who's never had to work a day in his life could give this paternal wisdom to the plebs who might need this medication to retain employment and not die destitute in the streets.

Who knew they just needed to be sent to a farm upstate so they could run free forever and ever?

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