[JustSayNoToNannies]

What about all the good people who became addicted to oxycotin or are we talking about illegal drugs here such as pot or crack?

Is addiction a moral failing if it was come by in a "bad" way, but not if it was come by in a "good" way?

[BIV]

Well, I look at sorta like a Venn diagram. Legal and moral outlooks overlap, as does culpability, or individual fault. Suppose a doc prescribes benzos, like xanax, which is highly addictive, to a patient for anxiety. Then, the patient becomes addicted; big surprise. I don’t believe that patient shares, in any way, the moral culpability of a crack or meth addict.