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I think most people would consider drug addiction a mental illness. If not it often is being used as a coping mechanism for mental illness or something else. Be
by xzel 4y ago
I think most people would consider drug addiction a mental illness. If not it often is being used as a coping mechanism for mental illness or something else. Being able to empathize with people who are struggling is exactly what OP was talking about.
- tomc1985 4y agoAnd at what point do those people who made the choice to be drug addicts deplete the goodwill that is afforded to them? This isn't Minnesota or New York City. Our winters are mild; you don't need meth to stay warm at night, and the transients here tend to have more than enough clothing to stay warm when it gets into the low 50s/40s. In fact this mild weather is probably why we have so many of them literally dumped on us. (Dumped, as in, given a one-way ticket to a sunny, seaside city of their choice) Community policing programs work, just look at the success that Urban Alchemy has had in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The community is more than capable of policing itself, but it doesn't.
- closewith 4y ago> And at what point do those people who made the choice to be drug addicts deplete the goodwill that is afforded to them? With respect, do you believe people choose to become addicts?
- tomc1985 4y agoThey choose to take drugs with widely-known addictive properties, so yes. I'm not talking about opoids which were sold to folks as non-habit-forming for a long time. Or other cases of addiction without consent. But I don't think that is the case here, for the majority of people.
- closewith 4y agoI think this is a harsh and somewhat antiquated take on addiction, if I'm honest. I hope the curse of addiction never falls on you.