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Originally Posted by Sr. Mints
I'm quite apathetic over he death. While it's unfortunate that someone has died from drug abuse, this happens every day--and for the record, I don't think she deserved to die. I've come to have little patience with drug users and alcoholics. I've been related to and have known too many abusers in my time.
I have no idea who Russell Brand is, his face looks familiar, but he wrote a good article on addictions in The Guardian today. I've pulled two blurbs which I think most reflect my own views, but I encourage you to read the entire article:
Unfortunate, but I think one could literally shave a decade off their life worrying about an addict. It's stressful! Brand is right, you do wait for those calls, but there is a third type he didn't mention, the one where you will be dragged into their $hit in one way or another--and those calls seems to be the most frequent.
The whole article can be found here. |
I agree with what he is saying - it makes way more sense to rehabilitate than incarcerate. The issue is what is the person isn't interested in rehabilitation? Amy Winehouse had all the opportunity in the world, she could attend any clinic in the world that she needed. Yet none of it worked.
Looking at the community at large, it would be great if we could cut down the prison population by rehabilitating the addicts. I hate the growth in prison populations. But what about the ones who aren't ready or don't want to go clean?
I wish it was a world in which any addict could go through rehab an be clean, but in truth that seems to be a fairy tale. How do you tell the difference between those who are ready to slay their demons and those who aren't?