Heroin overdose cure: It exists, but how do you get it?

[Shell B]

Well, we could start with this imagined persecution of addicts. When a town isn't offering enough resources, it's because, "Oh, they just hate addicts." It would do a lot of people well to remember that even people who are not addicted aren't getting special clinics to help them out. People who are dying through no fault of their own aren't getting help. Children who need surgeries so they can walk are having to collect money with their families to make it happen. Explain to me again why it is persecution when you're an addict?

It's not semantics. I happen to know that part of the path to getting out of addiction is take ownership of it and stop blaming it on other people, society and every fucking thing else that works as a scapegoat. What is wrong with pointing out that it might just be a good idea for addicts to do that and stop clogging up the medical community? Is that so wrong? If so, explain to me why that is, please. If it is no one else's fault that an addict is addicted, why this persecution complex? It is not cancer. It's fucking addiction. If there isn't a needle exchange, smoke that shit and shut the fuck up.

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To be fair, I don't think any addict would want to have rehab in place of a leukemia patient being treated, either. Me and that silly little idealistic spark...

Here we agree. I don't think they would, either. In spite of my attitude, I do not think addicts are bad people, assholes, drains on society, etc. I just think those who are bitching about it as if the world done them wrong could grow up a little. Yes, addiction sucks. Yes, it is painful. Yes, you have a chance to do better. The only way to do that is to suck it the fuck up. You can't just suck it up and have a bone set itself, you know? There is a big difference.