Communities exist whether you like it or not. A community in the real world is everyone who spends most of their time or sleeps in a defined geographical area. In the world of online, a community is often the group who echo your ideas, reinforce your beliefs, confirm your bias and don't criticise you. A real world community that you engage with teaches tolerance and relationship & human nature. Online communities are more likely to breed intolerance, ignorance and distrust.

Disrupted services lead to people dropping out & stopping treatment. Often, they end up back on the streets, vulnerable, drug dependent, & re-traumatised. The trust that took time to develop has been betrayed. No waiver can save anyone from what is already done. 2/2

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@MTNza All @MTNza supervisors are on leave, so unless you can actually help me, please don't waste more of my time.

I have tried to call @MTN for 6 months, and no one has answered. I cancelled the debit order, and now, with no warning, @MTN has listed me with the credit bureau. I have been waiting for someone to answer my call for 2 hours. I am still waiting.

@DrSjBrooks It was a delightful surprise to bump into @DrSjBrooks, and as usual, a fascinating conversation ensued.... so much to be curious about in our world.

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@guyfelicella @globeandmail So it continues. The incarceration of people who use drugs dependently (who are from already marginalised groups, and often use because of the multiple traumas society inflicts on them). It's the flip side of the prohibitionist coin that is informed by moral superiority.

@Oliver_Speaking @SAfmRadio thank you for the interview and your insightful points about addiction. Here is a comic of the rat park study you may enjoy.

@BraAubrey, Thank you for the opportunity to talk about drug issues. The time is appreciated. @Radio702

@menzi42470 DM me.

@auweia1 @RyanMarino @Twolfrecovery Please can you briefly explain what you are saying? This is a sincere question.

@PruenRichard @AlexWodak Free climbing, base jumping, alcohol, the list goes on, what about relationships, driving, or just ban people! It's all about misguided morals and economics. Never the harm.

@carteblanchetv @journojohn @MNet @journojohn I'm wondering if the best use of resources is to prosecute vendors who are struggling to survive. I understand the role of transnational crime, but the price of a genuine Gucci bag is criminal! The vendors have to earn somehow, so if stopped, no what? Will watch.

@auweia1 @RyanMarino @Twolfrecovery Sheer luck, not sheet luck

@RyanMarino @LeenyBea It really annoys me when people who can resolve their dependent drug use think that because they did it, others should. Nobody does it without the support THEY need, without the internal resources that are the result of luck, or circumstances they did not earn