> We need to find ways to make it extraordinarily costly to start using drugs. This is how you prevent the crisis we’re in currently For this to work, people n

> We need to find ways to make it extraordinarily costly to start using drugs. This is how you prevent the crisis we’re in currently For this to work, people need to think about the longer term consequences of their actions. They don’t. My personal experience has been that life can be so unbearable, you’ll turn to anything to get some relief from the pain of being alive. I’m fortunate to be high-functioning bipolar. My uncle isn’t and he can’t tolerant medication. It doesn’t surprise me he constantly struggles with alcohol, along with the rest of his father’s family. The only reason I’m not an alcoholic is alcohol does not have any positive effect for me. It just makes me sick. Same with opioids.