Heroin now kills more people than gun violence!
I just can't get worked up about it.
The level of addiction that eventually leads to fatal overdoses is, itself, a form of temporary suicide for a LOT of addicts. Yet another grim factoid that made me bail on finishing that psych degree.
That there are lots more people overdosing, to me, says that there's a lot more people seeking a sure way to escape their predicament. That they manage to do it permanently is tragic to those who loved them.
Sadly, there's not much that can be done except find a reason for them to want to exist in the actual world and not seek to escape it. Just like suicide by swifter and surer means, that reason might not exist.
I just can't get worked up about it.
The level of addiction that eventually leads to fatal overdoses is, itself, a form of temporary suicide for a LOT of addicts. Yet another grim factoid that made me bail on finishing that psych degree.
That there are lots more people overdosing, to me, says that there's a lot more people seeking a sure way to escape their predicament. That they manage to do it permanently is tragic to those who loved them.
Sadly, there's not much that can be done except find a reason for them to want to exist in the actual world and not seek to escape it. Just like suicide by swifter and surer means, that reason might not exist.