Inside every addict is a totally worthwhile human soul, a soul that once was a hopeful child, a soul that through the pressures of life has lost its compass. People look down on that because they're secretly deeply afraid of it, and their reaction to such fear is avoidance, violence, sanctioning violence by others (through the legal system), or simply comforting themselves by merely feeling inherently superior to the wretched drug addict.

In the meantime you can bet they've got their own little hidden pockets of darkness, but they figure as long as those stay well enough hidden from others and from themselves...they're doing okay.

I'm not that complacent.

I avoided drugs because I could see that they were dangerous and bad for my health, not because I thought drug users were worthless scum who deserve to die.

Akenaton is right. Mainstream society doesn't give a damn about the addicts...only about profit and convenience and outer appearances.

- LH