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You have very little understanding of addiction. [b]What exact purpose do you think hammering "bad choices" does?[/b] Addiction is obviously more than just an issue of choice. If it were that easy nobody would be an addict. And we wouldn't see addiction rates skyrocketing in parallel to the availability of highly addicting drugs. The opioid and crack crises did not happen because people suddenly lost willpower en masse. They happened because those substances became widely available and are very addictive. [/quote]

It's their magical thinking to reassure them that it won't happen to them. It works like this:

1. Bad things only happen as a result of making bad choices.
2. I won't make bad choices (or, more likely in this context, my child won't make bad choices), therefore this bad thing won't happen to me (or my child).

This is as effectivel as any other magical thinking. [/quote]

I think your application of magical thinking to this thread is flawed.  This is the correct one:

1. My snowflake angel could not possibly have been at fault for now being hooked on heroin (alternatively: I cannot be responsible for the fact that my son is now a heroin addict)

2. Therefore, no addicts are responsible.  It's all the government/big pharma/doctors/other kids/schools/society's fault.[/quote]

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