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Heroin itself is much less damaging to your body than more popular drugs like tobacco or alcohol. Making it harder for addicts to get heroin or a replacement w
by xorfish 5y ago
Heroin itself is much less damaging to your body than more popular drugs like tobacco or alcohol.
Making it harder for addicts to get heroin or a replacement will only increase the energy they will spend on getting it. This makes it nearly impossible to get to a better place in their life. It is mostly getting the drug that has a negative effect on holding down a job, not the drug itself.
- nomel 5y agoIt’s much more damaging to the mind and ability to have a functional life. My sister was a functional alcoholic for 25 years. When she started heroine, everything changed, and she overdosed within 2.
- xorfish 5y agoAlcohol is really bad for your mind. I don't think there is sufficient evidence, that heroin is worse than alcohol for your brain. She couldn't have been a functional alcoholic for 25 year if alcohol were an illegal substance. There are plenty of people who have a normal life on methadone or heroin if it is provided to them. As already stated, if you are an addict, getting the substance is the highest priority. Making it harder to get just makes them use more of their resources to get them.
- nomel 5y ago> is worse than alcohol for your brain It depends on the definition of "worse". If cell death over time, then maybe alcohol is worse. If it's how much a recreational/entertaining dose disturbs the workings of the mind, the operation/rational/ability to live a normal life, which is the purpose of the mind, then I would say heroin is worse. I would assume the amount of dopamine a drug releases is directly related to its ability to disrupt someones life.
- gonehome 5y agoThere's a group of people that like to pretend heroin is less harmful despite all the evidence to the contrary. I'm not sure if they're users rationalizing their own use or what, but it's an odd thing I've noticed.