Nineteen people a week overdose in Richmond, dozens are dying, hundreds revived

Re:Nineteen people a week overdose in Richmond, dozens are d... by krisives on Thursday November 09, 2017 @08:16AM (#15662079)

For how long though? Having watched it first hand you can make whatever excuse you want for the first use, bad boyfriend, pharma industry, etc.

My sister has been on heroin for probably 8 years now. She will call and ask for money and if anyone says no she spouts this same bullshit about it's not her fault etc. and she's an addict. We send her to rehab, she runs away, can't even tell you how many times I've seen it.

Her 4 kids are taken away from her she doesn't even attempt to visit them in any capacity.

Look close enough at a heroin addict you'll find a regular shitty person underneath it.

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Re:Nineteen people a week overdose in Richmond, dozens are d... by oliwarner on Thursday November 09, 2017 @08:22AM (#15662115)

And that stinks. For everybody involved. You can only do your best.

But it sounds like you're writing them all off, writing the problem off, as something that's just unavoidable, untreatable. It can be both avoided and treated, it just doesn't always work.

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Re:Nineteen people a week overdose in Richmond, dozens are d... by fjsolwmv on Thursday November 09, 2017 @10:59AM (#15663443)

Why didn't you notice the dirtiness before heroin?

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Re:Nineteen people a week overdose in Richmond, dozens are d... by krisives on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @06:08AM (#15747125)

The main point of my post was that them being shitty "because of heroine" is a false premise.

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