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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I don't understand is what drives a person to actually try heroin in the first place.  Besides an addiction to opioid pills. When I was in high school everyone smoked pot but it seemed that no one would ever EVER go near a needle. What's changed? Are kids that depressed and desperate? [/quote]

It's a little more complex than that.  The drugs these days are a lot more available and dangerous, for one. A little experimentation can really end the game.  Then there is the dearth of pathways for kids post high school.  Boredom and a need for money...

But this is hitting more than just kids.  What's breaking my heart is the number of people in their 30s and 40, many parents, who are succumbing.  Part of this can be blamed on drug companies pushing painkillers and doctors over-prescribing throughout the 90s and up to a couple of years ago.

And then there's the stigma that prevents people from seeing it as a public health crisis.  If people were dying at this rate from a disease, we'd be screaming for something to be done.  [/quote]But I think that has changed and more people are seeing it as a public health crisis.  At least more than in the past.  I'm sorry to say it but I really think this is because it's killing white people.  If it were poor black people, we'd still be saying "lock'em up!"  Nevertheless I welcome the change in perspective.  The drug war has been very expensive and ineffective.  It's time to start putting that money into treatment.[/quote]

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