Apples and bowling balls. As I said in another comment: While substance abuse is an illness and should be treated as such, it's not leukemia or muscular dystro

Apples and bowling balls. As I said in another comment: While substance abuse is an illness and should be treated as such, it's not leukemia or muscular dystrophy. It requires an active participant to make a concerted effort to obtain and abuse an addictive, destructive substance. So it's no surprise that substance abuse might not be given the same level of sympathy.