Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agoNot disparaging the dead or anything. But why does it seem in the US we are expected to feel sorry for a person who overdoses on illegal drugs? Didn't they make the choice knowing the outcome?message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down164
arrow-up1-45arrow-down1message-squareNot disparaging the dead or anything. But why does it seem in the US we are expected to feel sorry for a person who overdoses on illegal drugs? Didn't they make the choice knowing the outcome?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up34·6 days agoAddiction is an illness. Some people don’t choose to be drug addicts, and it’s incredibly difficult to stop once you’re hooked. Not everyone addicted to drugs chose to do them in the first place. Parents shoot up their kids, and abusive partners shoot up their abusee.
Addiction is an illness. Some people don’t choose to be drug addicts, and it’s incredibly difficult to stop once you’re hooked.
Not everyone addicted to drugs chose to do them in the first place. Parents shoot up their kids, and abusive partners shoot up their abusee.