I thinkthat a lotofitisn't basedin, youknow, itdoesn't havescientificevidencebehindit, youknow, andjustrealizingthat, youknow, it's not a healthyroutetogo.
Ifyouknow, Aiken, youknow, if I don't needtocontinueonwithit, so I mean, it's it's incrediblypersonal.
It's verysortofyouspecific.
Butinyourcase, youfeltthatwhat?
Theyletyouhaveaccesstothedrugstooquickly.
Isthatright?
Thatyoushouldhavebeendeniedthatbecauseyouweren't making a soundjudgment?
Yeah.
Yeah, that's right.
I wasdealingwith a lotofothermentalhealthissues.
AlsoonDoyouknow a lotofpastissuesthathadn't beenbroughtupagain?
Itwasn't investigated, soyeah, there's always a lotofissuesgoingonbehindthescenes, youknow, definitelyinmyexperience.
And I think, youknow, withcurrentkindoftrendthatwe'reseeingoffyounggirlsbeingreferredtotheclinic.
I guessthatthisjudgmentwouldstopthemhandingoutthetreatmentstraightawayorafter a shortamountofcounseling.
Butifyouyouknowit's anarticularyoungwomanwenttothecourtandsaid, I reallymeanthisand I'm seriousaboutit.
I mean, I thinkwhenwe'redealingwiththetopicofmentalhealth, youknow, obviouslyemotionswillberunninghigh, and I understandthat, youknow, I wouldhavebeeninthesameposition, perhapsasyouknow, youknowsomeone, uh, age 16, forexample.
Howisbasicallygonnaforcepotentiallythousandsofyoungpeopletoexperiencethatitwas e thinkit's different?
I wouldn't I wouldn't for a momentcontradictyourownexperienceorwhatyou'veheardfromyoungpeoplebecause, aswesaid a momentago, thisisintenselypersonalandeverysinglepersonisdifferent.
Surelyanextralayerofprotectioncanonlybe a goodthing.
Isthereanyothertreatmentpathway, whetheritisneworestablishedororwellversedthathaseverhadtogothrough a courtfor a youngpersontobeabletoaccess?
I don't thinkso.
On, I think, whetheritisdeemedasbeingexperimentalornot, whetherthey'regoingtoignorethebreadthofinternationalevidencethatshowshowgoodthistreatmentworksforyoungpeopleinthepositiveoutcomes, eveniftheyignoreallofthat.