But really there’s not a whole lot of difference between the person who relies on Xanax to get through life and the person who relies on marijuana or alcohol or whatever. One is socially acceptable, the others are not. One requires some wealth, education, advocacy, and health insurance. The others are more easily accessible. And while it’s probably easier to be a high- functioning user of Zoloft than marijuana, both can become a dependency. Both can be self-medicating.
