Guys do u think the heroin/fentanyl epidemic is that serious...

guys do u think the heroin/fentanyl epidemic is that serious? what are youre thoughts about recovering addicts are they good people and this is actually a real disease or are they the scum of the earth? How do you think we should handle the opiate crisis in america? I'm a recovering addict myself and I hate to say it but people who choose to keep shooting that shit into their arms are cancer.

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Casual, occasional heroin user here. Addicts are weak.

>guys do u think the heroin/fentanyl epidemic is that serious? what are youre thoughts about recovering addicts are they good people and this is actually a real disease or are they the scum of the earth? How do you think we should handle the opiate crisis in america? I'm a recovering addict myself and I hate to say it but people who choose to keep shooting that shit into their arms are cancer.

It's a big deal, but the weak will cull themselves. Hard drugs will kill you no user of hard drugs makes it to old age in good health. It could be a disease in medical terms however it's a self inflicted one no sympathy. We should handle the opiate crisis by lynching anyone caught dealing. Good on you for stopping it isn't easy however instant gratification isn't worth your life.

I can’t speak for the rest of the country but here in San Diego it’s insane. Just insane. You used to be able to go out in the gaslamp district and have a great time going from bar to bar. Now it’s like Dawn of the Dead when the sun goes down. Bars are empty. Shit sucks man.

On a personal level, my best friend of nearly thirty years has become a heroin addict. Never in a million years would I have expected it to happen to him, or all people. Hurt his back, got prescribed some shit by a doctor, got hooked to the pain pills, prescription ran out, and now he’s a junkie. Shit’s awful man, it breaks my heart. Rarely ever see him, sometimes he hits me up on Snapchat which is nice because that means he is still alive.

I think too many people like to believe that the majority of heroin/fentanyl addicts are bad people but in reality most of them worked blue collar jobs and got injured and then addicted to px pain killers and could no longer afford them or were no longer prescribed so they have to switch to the cheaper street alternative. Another major contributing factor is that in a lot of these places where the epidemic runs rampant are places without any opportunity so people get locked into a depressive cycle. We should do what we can to get the good people back into society so they can once again contribute with their blue collar jobs. Kratom should be a big part of the conversation because of how helpful it can be in getting opiate addicts off of opiates, or at least switching them to a much less damaging subtance.

In other news all drugs should be legal and the DEA should be abolished.

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They are just partying.

I hate to hear this but rather than detox he chose heroin it's a decision. Doctors don't do a good job of weaning people off either, but at the end of the day he made that decision. Lots of people come off painkillers just fine.

Giving all first responders narcan to use on these useless fucks was a mistake. I talked to a nurse the other day who used it on a guy 3 times in one shift. Let natural selection do it's thing and let these motherfuckers die. We need a new plague.

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>guys do u think the heroin/fentanyl epidemic is that serious?
extremely serious. Opioids are impossible to quit.
>what are your thoughts about recovering addicts are they good people and this is actually a real disease or are they the scum of the earth?
they are hopeless addicted to the WMD of narcotics. They are not scum, they are victims of the most powerfully addictive substance known to man.
>How do you think we should handle the opiate crisis in america?
Arrest all addicts and forcibly implant a naltrexone implant.

i ditched most of my highschool friends when they all started branching off into pills and coke and shit.
at least half those kids are dead now.
i live in the rustbelt near pittsburgh and yeah its pretty terrible around here.