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Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by vintermann on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @09:58AM (#29000435)
You're doing what I wanted to warn against, individualizing something that is at heart a social problem. If there are all these better options to choose on every step of the way, why are there so many Jacks who don't choose them?
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Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by exolymph on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @12:59PM (#29002910)
But what's the alternative? Coerce Jack and his ilk into rehab, effectively institutionalizing them? That doesn't work either, in the long run, and restricting people's freedom is a heavy thing to do.
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