[rellic]

You want to do illegal drugs, that is your choice.
If those drugs kill you so what?
If you are a druggie you aren’t that much use
to society.
Before you flame me, I did my best to save my Heroin addicted cousin, took her into my home, nourished her, but she went back to the streets.
That is where she wanted to be.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I recently lost a nephew to drugs. My brother is devastated. You can’t care for someone more than they care for themselves.

[Spacetrucker]

I’ve lost a good number of “associates” (hesitate to call them friends) over the years to the horse. As someone else here got close to the truth, I will say it ... you can’t make someone care about themselves, they have to do it on their own. You can (you did) provide them with the tools but the work od getting out of the hole has to be completely their own.

[nickcarraway]

I am sorry about your cousin.

The thing us, beyond their decision to take a drug and harm themselves, they can harm others a face less of a punishment.