ether_synth
Bluelighter
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2007
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- 129
rachamim:
yes drug addiction is a disease but you cannot compare it to cancer or diabetes. that's completely ridiculous.....you do not choose to get cancer or diabetes, it's something out of your control if you get it. now i understand that once addiction has manifested itself it can become something you cannot control as well. but it's still something you CHOSE in the beginning nevertheless. it's your choice to start using/experimenting/whatever with a drug knowing that certain drugs have a high addiction potential. you're just stupid if you don't know that or think that it can't happen to you. (technically, i guess you could choose to get cancer as well, for example lung cancer from a lifetime of smoking. it is your decision to start and continue smoking all your life knowing it could lead to cancer, hence why you chose it. but that's a whole other debate.)
and again, in case you didn't read my earlier post i'm not talking about people who are wrongly incarcerated. i'm talking about people who use drugs or are addicted to drugs. if someone is using an ILLEGAL substance then obviously they cannot just be accused and thrown in jail because they are in fact GUILTY of a crime. i'm not saying i agree with that, i fuckin hate that certain drug use is a crime. but it's a damn fact if you use an illegal drug you are guilty of breaking the law, no if's and's or but's. that's why they are called illegal substances. doing something illegal = guilty. geeze, what's so hard to comprehend about that?
and why do you find my post funny? yes i post on a drug related board and use a drug related screenname, what the hell does that have to do with anything? this board is about harm reduction but ALSO about accepting responsibility for your own actions. do you think i'm against drugs or something? i have used drugs as well, and like i said earlier i know what the consequences could be for that and i am willing to ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY for that.
yes drug addiction is a disease but you cannot compare it to cancer or diabetes. that's completely ridiculous.....you do not choose to get cancer or diabetes, it's something out of your control if you get it. now i understand that once addiction has manifested itself it can become something you cannot control as well. but it's still something you CHOSE in the beginning nevertheless. it's your choice to start using/experimenting/whatever with a drug knowing that certain drugs have a high addiction potential. you're just stupid if you don't know that or think that it can't happen to you. (technically, i guess you could choose to get cancer as well, for example lung cancer from a lifetime of smoking. it is your decision to start and continue smoking all your life knowing it could lead to cancer, hence why you chose it. but that's a whole other debate.)
and again, in case you didn't read my earlier post i'm not talking about people who are wrongly incarcerated. i'm talking about people who use drugs or are addicted to drugs. if someone is using an ILLEGAL substance then obviously they cannot just be accused and thrown in jail because they are in fact GUILTY of a crime. i'm not saying i agree with that, i fuckin hate that certain drug use is a crime. but it's a damn fact if you use an illegal drug you are guilty of breaking the law, no if's and's or but's. that's why they are called illegal substances. doing something illegal = guilty. geeze, what's so hard to comprehend about that?
and why do you find my post funny? yes i post on a drug related board and use a drug related screenname, what the hell does that have to do with anything? this board is about harm reduction but ALSO about accepting responsibility for your own actions. do you think i'm against drugs or something? i have used drugs as well, and like i said earlier i know what the consequences could be for that and i am willing to ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY for that.