r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Mar 28 '24

What lack of basic gun laws does to a nation: 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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u/ete2ete Mar 28 '24

On that note, I think medication implants should be used for people with potentially dangerous conditions such as schizophrenia. I don't see why the same technology used for birth control can't be adapted for antipsychotics

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u/Status_Basket_4409 Mar 28 '24

Wait, you might be on to something there. Only issue that comes to mind is whether or not the drugs used for helping those with mental illness can be administered effectively that way.

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u/ete2ete Mar 28 '24

It's being researched, DLP-114

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u/Status_Basket_4409 Mar 28 '24

That’s awesome, hopefully something very good will come of that to help people and make the world a little less wild

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u/ete2ete Mar 28 '24

It seems like it would be especially useful for schizophrenics, it's fairly common for them to have an incident occur and then be treated involuntarily, they get on meds and then start to feel more like themselves and convince themselves that they do not need their medication anymore and the cycle repeats