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Originally posted by doodab View PostBut it's the same stuff. That's the point.
Lots of people are pumped full of strong opiates all the time and don't go off the rails or kill themselves. The drugs don't automatically "destroy lives", to most people they make a huge positive difference. I for one would be unable to function without them. Does that make me a "waste of societies resources"?
I am aware of your situation and don't mean to make light of it. There is a world of difference between medical Diamorphine and Heroin that doesn't warrant a discussion.I was an IPSE Consultative Council Member, until the BoD abolished it. I am not an IPSE Member, since they have no longer have any relevance to me, as an IT Contractor. Read my lips...I recommend QDOS for ALL your Insurance requirements (Contact me for a referral code).Comment
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I have to admit I'd never heard of him either, despite him apparently being the greatest actor in the history of the planet.
Apparently this bloke had been off the stuff for 23 years, and then for whatever reason had a relapse. Which is sad in that it probably seemed to all the world that he'd beaten it for good. But I don't have a lot of sympathy for dead addicts in general.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by Scruff View PostThere is a world of difference between medical Diamorphine and Heroin that doesn't warrant a discussion.
The ****ed up people who's lives fall apart tend to be ****ed up anyway, and if smack wasn't there they would find something else, be it alcohol or another illegal drug. Once they are in it's a very hard habit to break, because they usually have little else to look forward to in their lives, which is why they ended up there looking for escape in the first place. The drugs certainly don't help but they are rarely the root cause IMO, often there is a history of depression, mental illness, abuse and so on that predates the drugs. And of course the addiction often leads to crime which makes it harder to find a way back to normality as well.
It's all very sad IMO.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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First reaction. Who?
2nd reaction. Oh.
Anyway was sad to hear Maximillian Schell passed on. Austrian-Swiss film and stage star. Excellent in 'Judgement at Nuremburg'. No war movie seemingly complete with out him.
mad scientist in sci-fi film The Black Hole. Captain Stransky in Cross of Iron. RIP.Comment
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Originally posted by Flashman View PostCaptain Stransky in Cross of Iron. RIP.Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostI'd agree, and I'm not trying to belittle what happened to your friend. I just think that labeling users as a "waste of societies resources" oversimplifies things. There are plenty of well to do smackheads and users of other recreational drugs who hold down good jobs and normal lives and although they aren't doing their health any favours they can't really be described as a drain on societies resources.
The ****ed up people who's lives fall apart tend to be ****ed up anyway, and if smack wasn't there they would find something else, be it alcohol or another illegal drug. Once they are in it's a very hard habit to break, because they usually have little else to look forward to in their lives, which is why they ended up there looking for escape in the first place. The drugs certainly don't help but they are rarely the root cause IMO, often there is a history of depression, mental illness, abuse and so on that predates the drugs. And of course the addiction often leads to crime which makes it harder to find a way back to normality as well.
It's all very sad IMO.Comment
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Originally posted by Unix View PostI'm sure a lot of people take heroin recreationally with not issues, given he was a Oscar winning actor and had made recent movies as well as doing all the PR stuff, equating him to a junkie on skid row is naive at best. He could have been unlucky and had a deadly batch or something.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Synecdoche is on BBC2 later.
If someone wants to watch it and tell me WTF it was all about I would be much obliged.Comment
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