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Clearly also written by someone without any knowledge of addictions.

I disagree.

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I think I agree.

First, addictions are at “epidemic” proportions.

It is USUALLY pretty stupid to get hooked on any addictive pain killer. Very often the person is addicted from using prescription drugs. the drugs don’t do a very good job and the person is in severe pain so they take two pills instead of one. It helps. It doesn’t take long however for the pain killing to take more and more pills until the doctor says enough then the person goes doctor shopping, and eventually they steal the prescriptions medicines because they are hopelessly addicted.

One of my children, a cop, had back surgery and was prescribed Vicodin as a pain killer after surgery. His pain never got better and his life was ruined from his desire for more. While he has gotten over the addiction, that is he is no longer using, he has not gotten his life back together fully yet.

I understand the desire to punish drug users, when my son was stealing medications from me and my wife we were pretty upset about it. The problem is that it can start pretty innocently and grow to an uncontrollable addiction.

I realize that the answer is to cut off the drugs and the desire subsides somewhat over time until it is manageable. To cut off help however is not a good answer. Yes these people brought it upon themselves BUT they didn’t know it was happening when it happened. They know better. Once they get hooked their power of reason for good and bad diminishes greatly. the most important desire is to get what we used to call a fix. This “fix” is more important than food, shelter or sex, it runs their lives. It is the first thought when they wake up and the last thought on falling asleep. I for one don’t believe that abandoning people when they need it most is a Christian thing to do. Ok Government is not Christian but we are still at least for now a Christian society and I feel we need to help those that cannot help themselves. Addicts are beyond helping themselves.