[rightbanker]

Drugs are a problem. On that you and I agree. I've seen their effects close up on a member of my own family, my own brother died basically because of his addiction.

But the laws ARE a problem, a serous problem. We treat an illness as a criminal offense, mainly because of the social damage our refusal to deal with the illness as an illness causes. We do so on the basis of, god knows what mistaken view of the world. then it gets all tied up in the incredible stew of racial and class politics in our insane social order.

[Monty22]

Talking about drug addiction being an illness is typical leftwing victimization.

Now, I do know doctors are to blame sometimes too, since they get people hooked on stuff when they should not. However, the primary blame goes to the addict for getting addicted in the first place. And like has been said, Rush did not open up to us on his own, he did it when forced.