also i truly hate the strange ableist reactions people have to disabled people who use drugs.
i feel like I often see such a vehemently negative reaction to disabled drug users that is based on the idea that everything that disabled people do in their lives has to be focused on treating/curing/eradicating our disabilities. and that if we do shit that isn't "healthy" it's somehow morally worse then if an ablebodied person was doing those same things. and i've met so many people who seem to be incredibly surprised by the idea that disabled people might use drugs for many of the same reasons abled people use drugs (bc it feels good, bc we're at a party and it's fun, bc it meets a need, bc it helps with pain, etc etc etc etc) and i think there's a lot tied up there with the concept of "dignity of risk" and the importance of fighting for disabled people to be able to take risks and make risky decisions in our own lives. and how uncomfortable abled people are with disabled people who are living imperfect, risky, complicated lives.
i also notice this strange dynamic where people who want to seem chill with drug use but who actually still have a lot of unlearned propaganda often justify their reactions with the narrative that all drug use is "self-medication." which i think really reflects a lot again about the prevalence of the ideology of cure--that drug use is considered less morally bad when people can justify it as being a "treatment" for (often vaguely defined) medicalized concepts of disability.
and i truly do not give a fuck about how disabled drug users talk about their own drug use, but I do give a fuck about people creating a hierarchy of drug users where some people are considered more worthy of respect than others. and i always feel deeply wary about increased medicalization as a proposed solution for anything, even when suggested as a temporarily pragmatic strategy.
anyway. unlearn your shit and give a fuck about disabled drug users now please
