Bobby. wrote on May 13
th, 2011 at 11:05am:
Amadd.
Quote:Heroin doesn't have any adverse affects either if taken in non-lethal doses.
That is rubbish.
Tell us that again after a junkie robs your place to get
a few bucks for their next hit - because they are hanging out for their smack -
their body shaking from withdrawal.
Actually it is the "lack" of heroin that is creating those withdrawal symptoms, and if Heroin were legally prescribed, and administered, to "registered" addicts, we would see the use, and illegal supply of Heroin plummet.
In fact, once you take the money out of the equation, then you drastically alter the whole dynamic of the drug supply/user relationship, and you would not see young pop stars writing songs about how cool it is to use smack, and you would not have rebellious young teens emulating their idols and "experimenting" with hard drugs to invest in their stock of "coolness".
Also if young people do not have to seek out a dealer of illegal drugs to obtain Cannabis, they will also not be put in situations where they see other young folk using other drugs, and hence begin to see the use of these other drugs "normalised" in their eyes.
There is no natural progression from one drug to another, apart from the social connection, and if Heroin addicts were just seen as sad old farts going to get their daily dose of poison from a registered practitioner, rather than live fast, die young, rebels, then the whole mystery, charisma, that truly does surround the hard drug scene, would rapidly evaporate into nothing more than a slightly unattractive medical condition, to be avoided wherever possible.