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Originally Posted by elphenor
heavily disagree with the entire line of thinking here
drug addiction is a medical issue generally tied to an attempt to self medicate a larger mental health issue
the answer to this problem is 100% nuture
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I'm not willing to ruin the lives of many to save one person who didnt think about the impact of their decisions.. and of all the people I know who OD'd it was because they thought it was fun to abuse prescription drugs and moved on to heroin. See, I have anecdotes too.
Your whole attitude of making everyone suffer so a few can rise up is the opposite of productive. I have no interest in helping those who don't make an effort to help themselves unless they are literally incapable of making an effort from some debilitating factor. Doing heroin because you think it's fun, when you grew up in white suburbia and were educated, and then spiraled out of control is not a case worth helping unless that person is actively trying to get clean and rehabilitate. Only after I help everyone else that wants to improve do they get my help. Someone has to be picked last, that's just reality, get your priorities in order.
What's your experience with junkies who you actually know and witnessed? Not the randos you met in your punk days.