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The issue of being broke is directly related to having to buy off a black market. Opiates are stupidly cheap - for a naive user, they are cheaper than Tylenol.
by MichaelGG 10y ago
The issue of being broke is directly related to having to buy off a black market. Opiates are stupidly cheap - for a naive user, they are cheaper than Tylenol.
A lot of the problem almost certainly stems from this broke/steal/intervention/etc. cycle. Do legally sanctioned opiate users suffer from a high rate of financial and employment issues?
- mindslight 10y agoTo be fair, users that are sanctioned under the current legal regime are forced to keep up appearances, which likely includes holding down a job. If they do run into financial issues, their legal supply likely gets cut off when the prescriber sees them deteriorate. At which point they're no longer legally sanctioned. (FWIW I do agree with your general viewpoint. Not because I have much of an interest in drugs, but because if somebody purports to tell you how and how not you can affect your own body, that person is an enemy of your freedom. Freedom necessarily must include the option to harm yourself, otherwise you are actually just picking from preordained choices.)