[LauraleeBraswell]

That's right

No, because different crimes are on different levels,

Just like Rush's dependency on pain killers was different from Kurt Cobain's addiction to heroin.

One person actively engaged in illicit drug use for recreation purposes
The other person needed pain management medication, which he then became dependent upon.

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

RE: "That's right

No, because different crimes are on different levels,"


You're right here...


RE: "Just like Rush's dependency on pain killers was different from Kurt Cobain's addiction to heroin.

One person actively engaged in illicit drug use for recreation purposes
The other person needed pain management medication, which he then became dependent upon."


...and still so very wrong here. There is no difference between the two cases in the severity and crippling dependency of the addiction, and it is the ADDICTION ITSELF (not the root causes for the addiction) that inspire sympathy in both cases among the clean-living.