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This is sort of the key point. There's nothing especially inherently dangerous about heroin, but because of the way it's marketed it attracts people who have be
by Alex3917 12y ago
This is sort of the key point. There's nothing especially inherently dangerous about heroin, but because of the way it's marketed it attracts people who have been basically rejected by society who don't really care much whether they live or die.
If you marketed caffeine the same way you would see the same patterns of behaviors around coffee, the fact that it's heroin where we see these issues is fairly arbitrary.
- pstuart 12y agoDon't care whether they live or die? Kind of moralizing a bit there. I don't think my brother had a death wish when he was introduced to heroin. He had an addictive personality and quickly became an addict. When he OD'd it likely was not a suicide but an attempt to get high. He apparently had progressed from having others shoot him up to doing it solo. Yes, heroin is more medically benign than alcohol if used correctly, but the addictive power of all opiates is something that makes it dangerous for abuse. It should be legal and well regulated, and drug education should be shifted to awareness of addiction and how to avoid it.
- Alex3917 12y ago> Don't care whether they live or die? Kind of moralizing a bit there. I mean if you look at the research, it's the same childhood factors that predict both drug abuse and suicide, e.g. the Adverse Childhood Experience study.