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I see your perspective, but doubt you've lived in a place where drug addicts or mentally ill addicts are present enough to notice them or sympathize. When spea
by algaeontoast 7y ago
I see your perspective, but doubt you've lived in a place where drug addicts or mentally ill addicts are present enough to notice them or sympathize.
When speaking with addicts at my front door in Boston I've found that many of them refuse food stamps or have explicitly told me they do not want help. This is from conversation directly with those in need and struggling addicts.
If you have done the same, I warrant your criticism. Otherwise, you should consider whether your perspective is really as valid as you believe it to be :)
- vkou 7y agoI am surrounded by functioning drug addicts, as is anyone who has ever lived in a city is. >10% of Americans regularly use illegal drugs, and >60% of Americans regularly use alcohol. There's also some non-trivial amount that are addicted to prescription drugs. The typical addict is not the hobo sleeping behind my dumpsters. The typical addict is a middle-aged soccer mom. That soccer mom is the reason why all of a sudden, America's in the middle of a drug panic - because people like her have started overdosing.