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fiatdenier | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It is easy to be glib about it when it is not your kid. I know what the kid put his family through and it is hell. So you can pontificate all you want but I know first hand how evil drugs are and how much they can destroy.
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Jeff Swann | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I am not being glib. Someone who would say the words "drugs got my kid" is 100% avoiding responsibility.

Drugs don't get people. People seek out drugs because they feel trapped or because they can't deal with some sort of trauma or sense of insecurity or whatever. Emotionally stable people who have good relationships with the people around them don't get addicted to hard drugs.
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Jeff Swann | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 At least with sugar people can sorta be forgiven because there is a mountain of propaganda pushing it on you & a similar amount of propaganda telling people to avoid red meat & foods that are actually healthy & satiating.

Not even the biggest idiot thinks heroin is good for them. The person who turns to heroin has already consciously said "fuck life"