What Happened To My Noble Savage?

fun fact: any policy on drugs that isn’t harm reduction is going to cause addicts to suffer and die

fun fact: Drug addiction is a public health issue, and approaching it as if it were a law enforcement issue is prejudicial to addicts and will result in their suffering and death

if you just assume addiction is a method of self-medicating, you’ll pretty much never be wrong.

now, not everything people self-medicate for actually has a proper treatment. i’m pretty sure the reason my uncle made sure to be slightly drunk at all times ‘to round the sharp corners off of things’ was sensory processing disorder. i have that too, and i just kind of accept that i’m going to randomly get my brain sandpapered from time to time. there is no medication for that. all you can do is dull your senses. i’ve chosen not to, but i can’t blame him for his decisions. when a ringing phone feels like getting hit upside the head with a frying pan, liver damage sounds like a fair price to pay.

anyway, it seems really self-evident to me that people don’t enjoy living the life of an addict, they do it because the alternative looks worse. people don’t get addicted to substances just for funsies. they start making a habit of taking something because of insomnia, or grief, or headaches, or depression, or seething undirected rage and terror they can’t put a name to – something that they can’t ignore or shrug off. and for whatever reason – lack of access, lack of knowlege, lack of money, or it just plain doesn’t exist – they aren’t able to apply the Approved Correct Remedy. they use what they can get.

addicts aren’t some weird otherfolk who inexplicably just Do Drugs because they’re Bad. addicts are you with a problem you can’t solve.

The FIGC has officially declared that the women of Serie A Femminile will become professionals.

They’ll become professionals during the year 2022 (which I’m also assuming means the 2022-2023 season).

In addition to this, Napoli and San Marino have officially been promoted to Serie A Femminile.

The next season of Serie A Femminile will start on August 22nd, with an eye towards Italy’s European qualifiers in the fall.

june 23rd, also known as father’s day in poland, as arek milik celebrates his opening goal against hellas verona with this little “t” as to dedicate it to his father (”tata” in polish)

CR7 • Coppa Italia • June 17, 2020

📸 by Marco Rosi/Getty Images

hang this in the met

Kalidou Koulibaly and Faouzi Ghoulam of SSC Napoli celebrating with the trophy the winning of the Coppa Italia after the Coppa Italia the Coppa Italia Final match between Juventus and SSC Napoli

📸 by Marco Rosi

Your daily reminder that Dries Mertens is amazing 😂

lol 2 types of players 😂😂