Nice silver new member first post. Talk about white trash.
OT: Chick in Anderson on meth
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You think this list of people are poor?
https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-meth-addicts/celebrity-lists
when I was in high school (graduated in 1997), heroin was a poor inner city drug ......................I knew where one could get weed, acid, shrooms, and coke. ....... but heroin???? didnt have the foggiest
Based on some of the responses ITT, it seems some people don't understand how addiction works. It's definitely not as simple as some of you are making it out to be. Addiction, by definition, is a type of disease, and therefore, should be treated as such.
Really awful what this girl has done, and she now has to live with the consequences of her actions for the rest of her life, however long that may be. She very well could have removed her eyes while under the influence, or she could have done so in a move of desperation (in a biblical sense, plucking out your eyes if they cause you to sin). Whatever her reasons and her circumstances, my heart goes out to her and her family.
Really hope some of you can see past the lie that addiction is a simple evil in this world. It is a very complex and terrible organism, and I don't wish it upon anyone.
Really awful what this girl has done, and she now has to live with the consequences of her actions for the rest of her life, however long that may be. She very well could have removed her eyes while under the influence, or she could have done so in a move of desperation (in a biblical sense, plucking out your eyes if they cause you to sin). Whatever her reasons and her circumstances, my heart goes out to her and her family.
Really hope some of you can see past the lie that addiction is a simple evil in this world. It is a very complex and terrible organism, and I don't wish it upon anyone.
Which hospital do you work for? I want to contact them and show them your thoughts of people with physical/mental health issues.
Let’s not kid ourselves. Lil John Hugh lives in his parents basement still.
Easy way to beat addiction: don't start. Don't feel bad for druggies
So you basically condemn addicted people until they successfully conquer their issues and then they go from trash to OK in your mind. If your kid got addicted would you treat them like trash or help them
How do you know this young lady did not care and was not trying to get off the Meth.....Addiction is just that and is not easy to beat.....
The problem with you lecturing him on empathy and maturity is that you have shown very little empathy for others in the past. I remember you being very strongly against the black students demonstrating to have Tillman Hall renamed. But maybe if you ever had a loved one who was black and did not appreciate attending school in a building named after a very public racist, you wouldn't make such insensitive comments. It goes both ways.
You’re right. I’m still picking up shifts at chick fil a and playing Xbox with Vaseline
so says the guy that looks like he's smoked a few and is obese as fvck. How many cakes, pies, ribs, steaks, and pork products did you inhale to be so holier than thou?
Interesting comparison ... not to sound to "The Matrix-y" here but I think the difference would be the power of "choice". I dont know anyone nor have read about a single person who woke up one morning and said to themselves "you know what. I think Im going to try meth". The overwhelming majority of these addictions start innocently enough with prescription drugs and then persist into a downward spiral.
I have much more empathy for someone who let a prescription drugs problem get out of hand at the encouragement of whore doctors all in a attempt to line the pockets of corporate pharmaceutical executive pockets while lobbyists pay off our politicians to keep much safer and just as effective pain relievers illegal THAN I DO a group of students who were admitted to a institution who knew full well that the institution had some skeletons in its closet then demanded it changed the names of some of the buildings.
For the record, I think Tillman Hall should be renamed ......
I think your point is interesting though ...
I can't believe that this thread has me agreeing with farking Ron Munson. But, I agree. I have been studying up on this stuff since my friend's wife became an addict. Prolonged drug use can change your brain to the point of making it impossible to stop. That sucks. But those people made a shit ton of bad decisions to get to that point.
I do feel bad for the people that get strung out on meds that they were prescribed, but even they have multiple milestones that could be used to stop (e.g. the first time they go outside of a doctor for those meds).
Which cities in the US do you feel unsafe in? I’ve walked through New York, Philly, Atlanta, DC, Cleveland, Dallas, Charlotte, Orlando and never felt unsafe.
I heard she had just purchased a HUGE order of expensive contacts and she's PISSED THAT SHE WASTED THE MONEY.
this is a major problem, and it amazes me it really hasn't gotten any major attention until recently. The opiod problem in the county is getting bad. 40,000 people die from overdoses every year, that is more than gun deaths....but doctors keep handing them out.
Politicians want to demonize marijuana, but no problem with people popping opiods like skittles.
So you're fully aware of this epidemic but you don't have any sympathy for junkies? Interesting.
Oh come on Amy. No one, not even the immature poster in question thinks this is funny. It’s beyond sad. But sometimes we have to laugh at this cruel world to keep from crying.
everyone of those cities ...everyone .... if you walked as far as I did while in Singapore you wouldve end up in some shady areas.
If you ever get the opportunity to go, jump at it
Has the mother (or any of you, for that matter) even ****ing considered that the girl might have just been hungry? Everybody wants to jump to conclusions and people always assume drugs are involved. Every single time. Guy shows up late to work? Oh, he must be doing drugs. Dude quits his job for a while to "find himself?" Yup, he's on drugs. Girl pulls her own eyeballs out and eats them in one sitting? You guessed it - DRUGS.
It's laughable.
It's laughable.
because those F'ers in Washington or those F'ers in various state capitals cant line their pockets with cash through medications folks can grow in their backyard.
Scare enough people and keep the masses misinformed and its amazing how much money you can make.
right. I have no sympathy at all for them. I've know a lot of junkies in my time, and they all made the choice at some point. Most are worthless even if they weren't addicts.
I have an uncle who is probably worth $5M if not way more. He and my cousin (21) have both gotten hooked on heroin. Uncle is clean and cousin is in rehab.
Addicts are largely pathetic (not in the sense of you suck but literally it must be awful to live like they do) and incur a lot of problems on themselves. Where the problem lies is in how they got there.
To me it is a mixture of several things. Often times parents neglect their kids- both in wealthy neighborhoods and in the poorest. Kids without direction simply make the wrong choices. We are not inherently created to make the right decisions.
Some of us do regardless of our upbringing but more times than not we become at least a semi-product of our circumstances. Improvements start in the home first and secondly in schools (where kids spend the majority of their time). Rather than hey don't do drugs programs schools need to push alternative extra curricular activities such as sports and clubs.
Further reimbursing teachers to lead these things becasue often times they do it for free or pennies on the dollar would fuel further help in the matter. I know nobody wants to hear about government spending more money but I think we can all agree our schools are underfunded. You do the best you can to help/save addicts on the back end but as with any criminal it is better to prevent in the first place.
Lastly all of this is a bandaid on a bullet wound without Jesus. Flame or praise away but I think it to be odd that some of the worse problems our society faces are with people under the age of 30 which are an ever-increasingly unreached group. Churches have let people down plenty before but there are some absolutely terrific ones out there that need support in trying to help people both before and after their issues arise.
Finally I believe that yes addicts are a drag on society but we can either scoff at them or fix it. And when they are children (this case isn't but early adulthood) we ARE responsible. Thanks for all those who didn't TL;DR.
To me it is a mixture of several things. Often times parents neglect their kids- both in wealthy neighborhoods and in the poorest. Kids without direction simply make the wrong choices. We are not inherently created to make the right decisions.
Some of us do regardless of our upbringing but more times than not we become at least a semi-product of our circumstances. Improvements start in the home first and secondly in schools (where kids spend the majority of their time). Rather than hey don't do drugs programs schools need to push alternative extra curricular activities such as sports and clubs.
Further reimbursing teachers to lead these things becasue often times they do it for free or pennies on the dollar would fuel further help in the matter. I know nobody wants to hear about government spending more money but I think we can all agree our schools are underfunded. You do the best you can to help/save addicts on the back end but as with any criminal it is better to prevent in the first place.
Lastly all of this is a bandaid on a bullet wound without Jesus. Flame or praise away but I think it to be odd that some of the worse problems our society faces are with people under the age of 30 which are an ever-increasingly unreached group. Churches have let people down plenty before but there are some absolutely terrific ones out there that need support in trying to help people both before and after their issues arise.
Finally I believe that yes addicts are a drag on society but we can either scoff at them or fix it. And when they are children (this case isn't but early adulthood) we ARE responsible. Thanks for all those who didn't TL;DR.
A lot easier said than done, Sparky. My mother had knee replacement in her 70's. She ended up having serious problems with oxycontin, which was prescribed for her. Things got pretty bad for a while but she was able to beat her problem. It wasn't as though she went out looking to get high.
So you condone homicide but castigate drug use? Sounds rational.I told my wife to go ahead and call a lawyer if my kid ever gets to using drugs. I won't harm my kid, but the person who sold them to him:
Lots of message board hero’s overcompensating. Good for a laugh.
Mrs N. Hop,
As Managing Director of the Most Sensitive Fanbase in America, I am excited to see your concern regarding our sensitivity. I'd like to assure you that our sensitivity is unwavering.
Best Regards,
Till Man
When it's my own kid, yes.
Is it logical - probably not. I don't really give a ****. I've seen what meth can do.
The damned Government is involved. Multiple levels of Government are involved. And like most things the Government touches, it doesn't work, costs go up with corruption, moronic, greedy and criminal Politicians get involved making matters worse.
If states got smart, they'd have police deputizing citizens on the low low(undercover) who had a real interest in taking their community (s) back. This was what used to happen to an extent....even when you were young...and I. JMO.
Dad, you’ve done more meth than every poster on this board combined. You once told me that you were on meth when i was conceived. Get outta here with your “better than thee” BS.
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