You would think someone that age would know better than to even start. I do.
That’s what I never understood, just how exactly does one get addicted to meth or heroin? Are they at a party one night and someone walks up to them and says “Hey, ya wanna try some heroin or meth?” “Heroin or meth? Why SURE!” Seriously, what kind of psycho says yes to that crap? It’s like someone coming up to you saying “Hey, would you like to drink some battery acid?” It’s freakin’ nuts, how many examples are there of people dying from that stuff, countless, yet people *still* start doing it.
He was probably fooling around with some woman half his age, and the drugs were part of the fooling around. Most men who trip off into hard drugs late in life have succumbed to a dual temptation. Better to opt for the red sports car.
From the article:
“Then there were hard-to-believe rumors around town and at the Statehouse that he had left his family and moved to the South End or to Cape Cod, or both. There were reports that he had found a different love and a new life. There were reports that he had fallen, or was dragged, into the drug scene where crystal meth was prevalent.”