Who cares about addicts? Okay, people who BECOME addicted to some substance
is one thing, but those who actively go out and seek drugs like heroin,
speed, etc. -f.ck 'em
All of these addicts should be tattooed with a "Do Not Resucite" on their
foreheads.
> Not sure what you are trying to say here, but it it is certainly spoken
> like a person who has never had to struggle with addiction.
Carey Gregory - 23 Apr 2005 07:02 GMT
>Who cares about addicts? Okay, people who BECOME addicted to some substance
>is one thing, but those who actively go out and seek drugs like heroin,
>speed, etc. -f.ck 'em
Which drugs are the ones people BECOME addicted to without actively seeking
them?
John Que - 24 Apr 2005 08:49 GMT
> >Who cares about addicts? Okay, people who BECOME addicted to some substance
> >is one thing, but those who actively go out and seek drugs like heroin,
> >speed, etc. -f.ck 'em
>
> Which drugs are the ones people BECOME addicted to without actively seeking
> them?
There those drugs given by prescription. Patients seek
relief. Doctors have drugs. The pain drives
the patient to seek relief. And for some when
the drug is given a bit too long, the result
is addiction and desire.
Second, there are those addictive drugs forced
on an captive persons such as on females
trapped in the sex slave trade or the children
soldiers of the Asian and African lands to
render them more dependent on their
masters.
---JQ
" The darkness is all around.
The darkness proclaims itself to be light.
The light is not in sight.
As the light has had the insight to have taken flight."
"The Exile of Earth, 2501 New Common Era
by Chandra Shankar."
Selene Cordi - 24 Apr 2005 06:50 GMT
I can't say I've met many people who have - oops, slipped and fell and
BECOME addicted to something. There is usually an excuse (yes, I said
excuse) or even some form of a reason if you use your empathy button to
"explain" the situation...or at least how it started. However, if we are
splitting hairs, what is the difference between (and I mean literally, here)
alcohol and cigarettes and heroin, speed, etc.
I'm not advocating that people in these situations are super-great members
of society..I'm only saying that they should not be put out to die like
dogs in an alley. Oh, wait...someone would take the dog in.
Also, just as a little aside...I don't care what you are or are not
addicted to, you're not going to get far with your last directives being
""Do Not Resucite." Tattooed or not.
outrider@despammed.com - 25 Apr 2005 06:40 GMT
> Who cares about addicts? Okay, people who BECOME addicted to some substance
> is one thing, but those who actively go out and seek drugs like heroin,
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Addiction is an illness.
Please explain why your addiction should be deserving of our interest
and sympathy but not theirs.
Zee
dcholiman@ev1.net - 26 Apr 2005 05:53 GMT
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In the case of the U.K. woman addict who wandered
away from the call box into a field and was found dead
a few days later....
In Houston (Texas) you have a right to refuse help (EMS)
if you are (1) not a threat to yourself such as sitting or
lying peacefully on a sidewalk (2) not a threat to others
such as sitting or lying in a street where you block traffic.
If there is more than one complaint about you, then the
coppers may haul you in as a public nuisance.
David H
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Carey Gregory - 29 Apr 2005 07:25 GMT
>In Houston (Texas) you have a right to refuse help (EMS)
>if you are (1) not a threat to yourself such as sitting or
>lying peacefully on a sidewalk (2) not a threat to others
>such as sitting or lying in a street where you block traffic.
>If there is more than one complaint about you, then the
>coppers may haul you in as a public nuisance.
Sitting and lying on sidewalks does tend to be a public nuisance. And doing
so in streets is definitely a threat to yourself and others.
You have a right to refuse help (EMS and all other forms) as long as you are
a mentally competent adult.
So I guess I don't understand what your complaint is.
dcholiman@ev1.net - 01 May 2005 06:21 GMT
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I was not complaining, only replying to another
post. The poster was "habshi."
David H
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Carey Gregory - 01 May 2005 07:03 GMT
>I was not complaining, only replying to another
>post. The poster was "habshi."
Handy tip: Killfile habshi.