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by joshschreuder
3150 days ago
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There was a very good Louis Theroux doco (Dark States) set in Huntington, West Virginia a couple of weeks ago about the opiod epidemic. It really hit hard with me for some reason, despite never having first hand contact with anyone with this sort of addiction. In particular, a man who was apparently a pentester before having some sort of accident and becoming addicted to prescribed opoids before transitioning onto illegal drugs. It just felt like something that could hit anyone, and not just the standard "junkie" problem. |
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That's why addiction is a problem. Once the central nervous system is compromised by addictive substances, it's no longer only a matter of personal life choices. It does not matter whether the addiction was started by a leisurely experimentation or by a medicine prescribed by a doctor.