[lelio]

Now, what I wonder is whether those who are expressing sympathy and support for Rush today will extend the same sympathy and support for everyone else who is fighting with an opiate addiction.

A snowball has a better chance in hell than that. A year after this episode FReepers will be asking to extend the WOD and locking up people trying to get off of drugs.

[Qwinn]

I think there's a MASSIVE difference between being addicted to recreational drugs, and an addiction arising from a doctor's prescription.

I see absolutely nothing fake about being against recreational drug use and feeling sympathy for his situation.

Note that I say that from the outside. I am not someone who is hell bent pro-War on Drugs. I am for the legalization of marijuana, and I disagree with people who think -all- drug users need to be treated as criminals.

But this situation is markedly different from, say, being hooked on coke or heroin, and condemning one does not necessitate condeming the other for consitency's sake. The recreational addict made the initial mistake of -trying- the drug knowing the possible consequences - a patient who gets hooked by his doctor can't be considered as having even made that initial mistake.

The absolute BEST of us could become addicted to a drug that our doctor prescribed us. Especially if what I read on another thread is true, that this drug is supposed to be 5x as addictive as heroin.

Qwinn