Why do people use hard drugs like Heroin or Crystal Meth??
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No one wants to be a drug addict or alcoholic, but this doesn’t stop people from getting addicted. The most commonly asked question is simply - how? How could my son, daughter, father, sister, or brother become a liar, a thief, someone who cannot be trusted? How could this happen? And why won’t they stop?\n\nThe first thing you must understand about addiction is that alcohol and addictive drugs are basically painkillers.  They chemically kill physical or emotional pain and alter the mind’s perception of reality.  They make people numb.\n\nFor drugs to be attractive to a person there must first be some underlying unhappiness, sense of hopelessness, or physical pain.
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My number one reason - To get high.\nsome people take it for spiritual journeys, some think its got evil spirits with it. lots of things to be said about this thing. People didnt take it to make the world "weird" the world was weird then just as much as it is now. I know lots of old hippies that will tell you point blank that it was for them to feel connected or normal and not tainted by the negativites of society around them. \nThat would be their form of prozac then. Its all a matter of perception and the fact reality is subjective. If you have this hole in your soul that you cant heal on your own from understanding, and dealing with it in your own way, you are addicted in the basic form that you "need" something to make you feel whole or normal. Kinda the same withdrawl that leads to marrage break ups, people think this person makes them feel like they are supposed to and eventually the feeling fades and that loneliness and feeling of being isolated and not understood in the world returns. So... why people take it? Better only take some ones answer with a grain of salt if they have done it, and not at all if they havnt. Do it yourself and ask why they do it would be a better way to figure this out. :) Sell fufilling prophecies are extreme on this drug. do not do it if you are depressed, or not able to overcome adversity, or think negative, draining, hateful, angry thoughts. Its ok to be assertive and aggressive in doing tasks. you can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially if its waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye. Yep, take it, and say, what is their to like about this, and invision being in the mind set of other people who like this and prozac. Try to see the world with different eyes. Difficult as this maybe. If anything can help with this task, this drug definately could. Eventually this drug leads to a door that you have to walk through without the drug. You can find it with out the drug, but thats no fun. But ya gotta walk through it to understand why ya do it.  Dont be beavis and butthead
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People think that meth is the most widely used drug, but it's not.  Meth is only the biggest problem.  Meth hurts and kills people so it's a big deal cause it's a huge epidemic.  BUT the most widely used drug in the US is weed!  You would be really surprised if you really knew who all smokes weed.  Doctors, lawyers, judges, cops...  Lots of professionals, not to mention non professionals.  I knew a guy a long time ago who sold it.  Half of his clients were UW professors.  My friends mom, who is very anti-weed, works at UW hospital and was telling me the other day that after 25 years there she just found out that over half the staff smokes weed!  Including doctors and nurses.  So you see, it is widely used, most people just don't see it.
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Am I reading this right? A pot head is waging war on a meth head?! I never thought this sort of reasoning would make it farther than the 'idea' having moment during a toking. You got more tar in your head than you do brains. And yes, Meth addicts DO need jail time. Every one of them made a clear and concious decision to pick up that hot rail, needle or pipe to smoke crystal when they started and the time it took to become 'uncontrolably' addicted, so they accepted the risks. Besides, MOST users sell, they keep cutting some out every time it exchanges hands, so lock 'em up!! And I can't belive someone is trying to defend the 'poor' addicts. What and idiot you are Cripple play!!!
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It's a combination of life stressors that makes a person give in to finding a way to, what's called in the psychology field as 'self-medicating'. A person tries to find a way to get rid of pain/memories/events/thoughts, and the thing that does it are drugs, whether they be in the form of pills, heroin, cocaine, meth, etc. \n\nI know, it's sad, isn't it?
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You guys need to think before just responding.\n\nShe's asking if there is a crack equivalent of a heroin user getting a "hot-shot."\n\nNow I don't know very much about hard drugs, but from what I understand, crack is made by cooking up cocaine and baking soda. If baking soda is the only other ingredient, it shouldn't be anymore dangerous than just smoking cocaine (which doesn't sound like a very good idea at all.)\n\nHowever, the likelyhood that other additives have been put in the cocaine prior to cooking it is almost 100%. This is done to make more product. These additives could be *anything*! It could be vitamin C, but just as easily rat poison or something equally toxic.\n\nSo yes, I believe that it is indeed possible that your friend got a bad dose of crack.\n\nHopefully he learned his lesson. Nothing good can come out of smoking crack. I can't believe that I even have to type that.\n\nGood luck.
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Yes, you can get addicted to just about anything, and I bet it can ruin your life the same way hard drugs can. It's the same as alcohol and cigarettes - why are they legal? Because so may people use it and like it and they would be outraged if they had it taken away. People like to think that because it is legal they don't have a problem and they have this attitude that they are so much better than other addicts whose drug of choice is crack or heroin or meth. If it's legal people can feel less guilty.
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I believe all of it requires processing , doesn't it? Meth has to be the worse for the required chems to make it and the nasty by products, stuff like muriatic acid , MEK (methyl ethyl keytone) red phosphorous , acetone , starter fluid , etc.
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they are bad alone and bad together. why would anyone ruin their life with drugs??? You know what is good? Mixing a drug addict with rehab.
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I have an incredible amount of experience treating addicts.  My years of experience has lead me to an inescapable conclusion.  It is enough to simply use drugs to make you an addict.  What I mean by that is all of the negative behaviors, costs, personality changes and loss manifest themselves even in minor and casual use of drugs.  The reason this happens is simple....drugs are specifically created to make that happen.  Some evil bastard in a lab somewhere is constantly, 24/7, working on ways to make his product turn you into an addict (with all the insane shit that implies) with only the most minor use.\n\nThere is no difference between a crack head hustling blow jobs on the street and a teenage marijuana user except in degree and in time.  The pot smoker often turns into the crackhead with little effort and has the exact same mannerisms and deviant thought processes.  Both tend to be violent and commit depraved acts when they can get away with it.  At least the crackhead knows what he is, usually.  The pot smoker often does not....until he ends up in prison.  100% of them deny being addicts....even when their asses belong to me by court order from one sick thing or another they got caught doing.  Only a handful of the people that ended up under my care were crackheads by the way.  The rest were so called "soft" drug users.  If pot is so innocuous, how come it takes so much effort to differentiate them from the crackheads?
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anyone who uses needs to get a life...drugs are only a crutch for those too weak to face reality. This world doesn't have space for drugged up losers. They don't call it dope for nothing..what a waste of time, money and a human life.
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yes it is that bad worse than coke or heroin.  Do you know what that stuff is made of??? And who would want to put that in their bodies????  P.S.  Yet is the operative word.
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These addicts will use anything they can convert, steal, or make to use their drugs.  Almost anything could be converted into a pipe.  \nI hope you never find out.  Take care of yourself.
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It's interesting to push the human boundaries. Especially with psychedelic drugs. It's just interesting to see what the mind is capable of. I like comparing it to a rollercoaster...why do we ride them? Because they are intense and fun. It's in human nature to "bend" consciousness...think of a little child that finds it immensely funny to spin around on one spot so it feels dizzy and "out of it".\n\nOf course there's also people that only do them to fit in...or to forget about their problems.\n\nEdit:\nWow, unbelievable how biased all these people are! I wonder how many of them drink.
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They, when used properly, they can induce narcosis to help alleviate intense pain.  When used innapropriately, it can quickly lead to addiction.  Once a person is afflicted with addiction, they open themselves up to other social disorders.  Only then are they considered bad.\n\nThey are regulated because of the ease of which one can become addicted.
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Younger people seem to use earlier than twenty years ago . Now , childhood is short lived for many . Dating sooner , having babies sooner ,etc... I don't believe because you haven't at a certain age you won't / will . Drugs have no care of who allows them in . They don't care who they hurt or kill .They don't care about income , age , race . They just know once they be friend someone , they aren't forgotten ! Even if the user quits the user will remember ! Unless the drug took that piece first !
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Well, as a social worker, yes it is very sad the amount of people addicted to "something".  Yes, in all fairness to addicts, our bodies have chemicals called dopamine & serotonin (which you may have heard of) that are our pleasure centers in our brain that relase "good" vibes when we have something we like, whether it be food, drugs, or porno's.   It is natural for ALL people to have a tendency (not addiction) to like something, some people like playing sports, or on the computer, but are not addicted per se, that is a tendancy.  What happens when someone forms an addiction, is the dopamine chemical in our brain is released & says "that is awesome" & people can become addicted on the first time, or build up a tolerance over time & needs more & more.  There are not current drugs to stop this process in the brain, therefore, we continue to have drug/alcohol/food/sex/internet addictions & so on.   We have evolved as humans, & that has changed us, but addictions have been around for thousands & thousands of years.   There are medinces like Antibuse, Suboxin, & Bupropen (not sure on spelling) that help curb these addictions, but NOT a cure yet.  There are many good sites to check out & talking to a substance abuse counselor or a psychiatrist is always helpful, especially if you're concerned about a friend.   Hope this helps.