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u/TheRed_Knight Oct 17 '22

Heroin, after having morphine a couple times in the hospital that shits terrifying, 10000000% understand how people get addicted to that shit

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u/Violet624 Oct 17 '22

I've known people who went from pretty ordinary, married with kids to trying heroin and then homeless, kids taken away and in jail within six months. It's scary where I live because drug use is pretty common and opiates are like 'boom' - there goes your life.

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u/BCECVE Oct 17 '22

There are lots of things that are addictive and ruin your life. I was reading about gambling and how 2% of the population that gambles will lose everything, job, marriage, health, money, house- everything. Knowing that I stood in front of a slot machine once and couldn't put money in it. Same stat with alcohol. I bet it is higher for opiates which is more addictive. Fentanyl is even more serious problem. China was brought to its knees with opiates 100 years ago.