TrickDacy

I'm definitely there! I just remember the bad times I had a few times when I did succumb to that pressure.

Yup, and those are the people pressuring the 90% who don't to come out anyhow lol

I'm so glad that my partner and I just stay in and enjoy each other's company with some drinks. Going out on NYE is absolutely god awful.

It’s not my fault, when you don’t read more than the first sentence

This isn't about me. It's about spreading ideas. If you haven't noticed, not every child reads for hours before drawing a conclusion about the world.

(virtually) No one is suggesting suicide. The "kids argument" is just something to consider. It's one of several reasons I chose not to. I find it highly dubious that one datapoint is going to tip someone over the edge that will later regret it.

"it's true that a lot of people can handle heroin" is the only message you have successfully sent. All the rest of that won't be read, and even if it is, it's still not as insightful as you seem to think.

Some kid might destroy their life because of what you wrote. You're not only unconcerned with that, you think you've somehow been helpful. 🤮

Well hopefully mods do their job and remove your comments. I'm done here with the pretending we're having a nuanced conversation about societal problems which you didn't bring up at all until you had your back against a wall.

that’s why I think education is so important,

So then you retract your statements that make it seem like opiates are something one can safely experiment with. Good.

Why isn’t everyone becoming a junkie?

Because firstly, not everyone has access to those drugs, and secondly, anti-drug messaging has been somewhat effective. Ask 50 random people if heroin should be legal, probably 48-49 say no.

everyone having trouble of getting rid of an opiate addiction, tried to mask some other problems with it.

This is victim blaming, even worse than before. Fucking yikes.

So, why do they do it?

There definitely are people really susceptible to addiction and decided to try it once and never stopped. Because there are a lot of mixed messages in the world about drugs. Many movies and musical acts romanticize drug abuse. Also, life is hard, people are looking for an escape. The last thing we need is people spreading the message that heroin "isn't that bad". Young kids are sometimes on this platform and are susceptible to a toxic message like that.

You make it seem like I'm a tee-totaller or something and I'm not. I'm just against the message that hard drugs "aren't that bad". It's harmful. Less people should try highly addictive drugs, not more. Just because some people can "handle it" doesn't mean it's a good idea to promote.

I could also possibly live years of my life walking in the middle of streets with fast driving cars. But it still would be an absolute fact that it's a senseless risk to take

There is nothing about acknowledging the dangers of highly addictive substances which says we should punish their users. You definitely shifted blame off the substance itself. Which is quite odd to me, unless your goal is to encourage people to use those drugs.

It's a lie to suggest opiates aren't dangerous and any issue with them should be blamed on anyone else involved. They are incredibly dangerous. It's absurd I have to even say that.