Drug misuse has surged across Israel as years of war, violence and instability push more people towards addiction
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Maybe numb empathy has become their default so they use MDMA to feel normal when they’re off duty?
Most massacres and genocides in human history were done sober by a large fraction of the population. It seems like people are simply inherently capable of murdering children and being numb to the experience. I don’t know how easy it is to switch that on or off.