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Originally Posted by rubecube
You claimed "a lot of people are addicted because they just like getting high." What percentage of people dealing with extreme addiction issues are dealing with them solely on the basis that they like to get wasted, and not because there are other mitigating socioeconomic and mental factors?.
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Where did I say it was the only factor? But it’s certainly a factor. There’s lots of research on people who have addictive personalities and are prone to risk-taking behaviours.
So we’re agreed that that there are several reasons why people end up succumbing to addiction. Looking only at homelessness and undiagnosed mental illness - as the post I was responding to did - misses a big part of the picture. Most obviously because most people who are economically distressed or mentally ill do not succumb to addiction.