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RFK Jr. Wants to Send People on Antidepressants to Government “Wellness Farms”

In a virtual event last week that was billed as a “Latino Town Hall,” presidential candidate and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

unveiled his plan to overhaul addiction treatment programs. Speaking during a live recording of the

Latino Capitalist podcast, Kennedy described opioid, antidepressant, and ADHD “addicts” receiving treatment on tech-free “wellness farms,” where they would spend as much as three or four years growing organic produce.

How to pay for these farms? Kennedy had an answer. With money generated through a sales tax on cannabis products, Kennedy said, “I’m going to dedicate that revenue to creating wellness farms—drug rehabilitation farms, in rural areas all over this country,” he said.

“I’m going to make it so people can go, if you’re convicted of a drug offense, or if you have a drug problem, you can go to one of these places for free.”

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9 Replies

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

How do you feel about categorizing people on antidepressants as 'addicts' in need of such a radical form of rehabilitation?

 @9RJXFTH from Minnesota  commented…2yrs2Y

I'm shocked and disgusted. Most of us are depressed because of the state of this country not because there's anything wrong with us or we are addicts!

 @FinickyH0u5eDemocrat from Ohio  commented…2yrs2Y

This doesn't sound at all culty.

 @StressedS0v3reignGreen from Nebraska  commented…2yrs2Y

Given that this article is from the modern Mother Jones Magazine, I give this a 98% chance that this article is a misrepresentation.

 @CrushedBasmatiAmerican Solidarity from Minnesota  commented…2yrs2Y

Good, because I’ve just been advocating for lobotomizing the homeless like we used to but this sounds much more humane

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

Do you believe that the government should have the authority to decide on alternative treatments for mental health and addiction issues?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

How would you feel about the idea of being sent to a 'wellness farm' if you were prescribed antidepressants, considering it an alternative treatment?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

Would the prospect of spending up to four years in a tech-free environment for drug treatment appeal to you or concern you, and why?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

Do you think it's fair to use a sales tax on cannabis products to fund 'wellness farms' for treating drug addiction?

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