Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/8299738
Wave of online scepticism about two stories of survival and success in China point to deeper public dissatisfaction.
The lengths that some are willing to go to stifle bad news in China drew ridicule online last year when a student at a college in Nanchang discovered a rat’s head in his cafeteria rice meal, which canteen staff, the school and a local food supervision bureau all claimed was duck meat.
The catering company then threatened legal actions against anyone “spreading rumours” about their food, while students were told by school staff not to discuss the rodent’s head in the rice.
“When those in power even try to cover up a rat head, it is difficult to trust anything you hear or see in the media,” Li from Suzhou said.
Peng from Shenzhen concurred.
“There are so many problems in China right now with the economy, with corruption, and with many other things,” she said.
“You can’t hide it all behind some positive stories,” she added.
Amphetamines are highly addicti|e. Just like opioids. Chronic pain sufferers are as stigmatized. They’re treated like potential criminals by the very doctors who treat them. Are you as willing to defend the pharma industry for that? Or imply that it’s some sort of right-wing hoax?
And, yeah, I’m straight up saying that there’s an equivalency there. That pharma pushes doctors to over-prescribe for profit. And that there’s also an epidemic of amphetamine use and abuse, specifically of ADHD medications. It’s simply not the hip thing for Americans to be outraged about; amphetamines are so last century. Fentanyl is the new drug king. But they all start with prescription drugs, and over-prescribing.
The mental health crisis is because people with problems do not get the support or help they need; it’s not because we’re not prescribing enough drugs. Not everyone who has a headache needs Vicodin; not everyone with childhood trauma needs Prozac.