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January 17, 2007
Drugs are BAD. Don't do them.
Poor bastard. See the video after the jump.
I would also like to point out that based on some VERY reliable sources, I might rather have to deal with your average convicted murderer than your average convicted drug user/dealer on a day-to-day basis. Specific examples are not needed here; I am talking about the person that accidentally killed that guy in the bar, or the spouse that needed out somehow and temporarily lost their mind. Why? Your average murderer is not the type to kill anyone they see; they aren't crazed bloodthirsty animals. They are generally speaking as honest and stable as anyone else (which means that anyone is physically able is capable of murder, think about that). On the other hand, poor or average convicted drug addicts and dealers do not care about social conventions, do not care about ANYTHING except getting that fix, or getting paid. They lie as easily as they breathe and they do things such as what you see in this video which can potentially make them as dangerous as any psychopathic killer you've ever seen in the movies. When they are utterly consumed by the drug, or the drug game, then they aren't necessarily whole people in a sense.
Again, I'm just speaking of the convicted ones, the ones that do crimes because of the drug habit or drug dealing. Further, I am only speaking about two very specific kinds of fairly specific crimes. This doesn't include child-killing or sexual assault. Those are considered, socially if not necessarily legally, different things entirely. And I also am aware that murderers often enough commit other crimes such as rape, robbery or what have you. Just not the AVERAGE person convicted of murder or manslaughter. (By the way, doesn't the word manslaughter SOUND more brutal than murder? You slaughtered someone. Think of what happens in slaughterhouses.)
My information comes from people who have been around a lot of people that are either convicted drug addicts or convicted murderers. I would not have come up with this on my own. I do not know what I am talking about; but the ones working and living with them do. If you think that this might be an unfair stigmatization of drug addicts, keep in mind that these drugs are often HIGHLY psychoactive and therefore change what might have been an otherwise normal person into a dangerous, deceitful criminal. Sure, drug addicts need help, and they should have it. But it should be noted that real recovery from addiction usually involves addressing the personality, the person, and not just the addiction. Unless the person is not addressed, they remain dangerous either to society, the people around them or themselves.
Posted by JonasParker at January 17, 2007 12:14 PM
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