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No heroin addict thought they might become addicted. That is one of the main dangers of heroin specifically.

by cninja 10y ago

metaphorm 10y ago
seriously? do you really believe this? the addictiveness of opiates is pretty well known. I have trouble accepting that anybody starts using heroin without knowing they might get addicted. maybe you meant something like "nobody _intends_ to get addicted". that's a very different sentence.
- dinkumthinkum 10y ago
  Then you aren't living in reality. People all the time think "this won't happen to me." I think you have a lot to learn about the world; I mean that in a nice way.
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  - metaphorm 10y ago
    you trolling me or what? I mean that in a nice way.
- AnimalMuppet 10y ago
  "It won't happen to me" is, yes, what many young people actually believe. I mean, if you have a logical discussion with them, they'll admit that, theoretically, yes, they will probably become addicted. But as with many other areas, they don't really believe that, and their behavior proves it.
hackbinary 10y ago
I had some friends in high school, and during my first couple of year in college who where in the BBS scene who started experimenting with heroin. They started smoking heroin because it was cheaper than pot, and they started smoking pot because they couldn't get beer as easily. All three of them ended up addicted, 2 of them where only into 'smoking' heroin, the third started injecting it. The first guy, who was/is insanely smart, just stopped, but went through severe withdrawal--he learned his lesson when I bumped into him a decade later. The second guy was from an insanely wealthy family, whose family eventually sent him to rehab. The third guy is still a junkie as far as I heard. I never started because of the education/indoctrination by Nancy Reagan's "just say no." I just said no thanks when offered, and was only able to watch as these guy's lives spiralled out of control.

No heroin addict thought they might become addicted. That is one of the main dangers of heroin specifically.

by cninja 10y ago

No heroin addict thought they might become addicted. That is one of the main dangers of heroin specifically.

seriously? do you really believe this? the addictiveness of opiates is pretty well known. I have trouble accepting that anybody starts using heroin without knowing they might get addicted. maybe you meant something like "nobody _intends_ to get addicted". that's a very different sentence.

dinkumthinkum 10y ago
Then you aren't living in reality. People all the time think "this won't happen to me." I think you have a lot to learn about the world; I mean that in a nice way.
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- metaphorm 10y ago
  you trolling me or what? I mean that in a nice way.
AnimalMuppet 10y ago
"It won't happen to me" is, yes, what many young people actually believe. I mean, if you have a logical discussion with them, they'll admit that, theoretically, yes, they will probably become addicted. But as with many other areas, they don't really believe that, and their behavior proves it.

hackbinary 10y ago

I had some friends in high school, and during my first couple of year in college who where in the BBS scene who started experimenting with heroin. They started smoking heroin because it was cheaper than pot, and they started smoking pot because they couldn't get beer as easily. All three of them ended up addicted, 2 of them where only into 'smoking' heroin, the third started injecting it. The first guy, who was/is insanely smart, just stopped, but went through severe withdrawal--he learned his lesson when I bumped into him a decade later. The second guy was from an insanely wealthy family, whose family eventually sent him to rehab. The third guy is still a junkie as far as I heard. I never started because of the education/indoctrination by Nancy Reagan's "just say no." I just said no thanks when offered, and was only able to watch as these guy's lives spiralled out of control.