No, indeed. Do all prescription pain reducer users become heroin addicts? Not even close. It’s a false premise used to try and make recreational drug use appear to be something that more citizens are involved in, and that’s just not true. We have to start being truthful about recreational drug use. People are medicating themselves. Why? They can’t face their reality. OK. They need to face reality. The thing about reality is that it’s always there. Recreational drug users can escape it for a few minutes, but hitting yourself in the head with a hammer will make you forget about everything else, too. And using recreational drugs hurts the whole country. The OPPORTUNITY COSTS associated with recreational drug use is astounding. Could we reduce welfare with the money spent on recreational drugs? Yes. The biggest cost,though, is to our national character. We sit here at Free Republic and wonder why people vote for Democrats. A big part of that is people who are afraid to face reality. The Democrats don’t really care if recreational drugs are legal or not, just so long as people remain afraid of reality. You want a better America? Have better citizens. You want better citizens? Have strong people who can face reality and who will WORK to change reality instead of using recreational drugs to HIDE from reality.
“Do all prescription pain reducer users become heroin addicts?”
If they get addicted to opiate pain killers, then yes. Even one has never done heroin, if you become addicted to opiates, you are then addicted to any and all opiates you can get your hands on.
Good post. Thank you.