Comments by "Ida Larsen" (@idalarsen2540) on "" video.
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Being an addict or a "junkie" is VERY MUCH a medical issue; an actual disease. Nobody WANTS to become addicted. NOBODY. Regardless of how you ended up as an (opioid/opiate) addict. We can't just forget about/disregard these people either. We're just as human as those who ended up addicted legally/medically. Many of us addicts, or "junkies" ended up that way either due to predatory prescriptions, or due to getting disregarded by the medical community, forcing us to become "criminals" simply for wanting to find SOME relief.
This is a massive and complicated issue despite where your viewpoint is, and where and how you look at the issue. Ignoring/disregarding/failing "junkies"/addicts will do nothing but make it worse. This needs to be fought systematically and from the top down, not from the bottom; us "illegal addicts" are not perpetraitors, we're victims and pasients. We're sick PATIENTS, despite people viewing us as reckless criminals. We're not. A few bad "junkies" have given the rest of us such a bad name, which does nothing but harm us and those around us. We're not bad people, but how we're treated and such is more what makes us voulnerable. Stigmatizing "illegal addicts" only shifts the focus away from the real issue; those in charge (like people from Purdue and such, including politicians).
"Illegal addicts", or "junkies" are NOT the issue, we're mere patients and victims that have taken the blame, giving more leeway to those who actually caused the issue, not only in the States, but globally.
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