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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh.  So much sympathy now that the victims are white.

Drug addicts are drug addicts.  [/quote]

How do you know the victims are white?  Are POC not permitted at top private schools?  I don't think so!  [/quote]

Statistically the highest consumption of heroin is by white males ages 18-25. It used to be black people 15-20 years ago but that has changed significantly. I think more people are aware and concerned by this current drug epidemic more than others because not only is it mainly affecting whites, it is heavily affecting the middle to upper classes. I would say SES is the main factor, even over race. No one cared about the crack problem with black people in the 80s because they were inner-city poor, no one cared about the white low-income trailer park meth-heads because they were poor too. Now all of a sudden heroin is in affluent suburbs, private schools, colleges, etc and people are taking notice. It is now a 'public health problem.' In addition, heroin is far more deadly than crack and meth. [/quote]

Yep. No one cared until suddenly it was Aiden, student council prez and varsity football captain, whose dad is a biglaw partner and mom and dad are high school sweethearts who met at Princeton, who is affected. When it was Tyrone in the hood or Bubba in the trailer park -whatever they just lacked personal responsibility. But now don't you DARE say Aiden and his parents were irresponsible -- nope it's everyone's fault except theirs that their kid is buying heroin; it's the fault of the person selling; the doctors; the neighbors who knew who didn't come tell you; his friends; his teachers for putting so much pressure on him; the whole college admissions process -- you name it, but NOT Aiden or his parents.[/quote]

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