Do drug addicts deserve any sympathy?

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deadgirll5224	Depends on the circumstances some people turn to drugs because it's the only thing they have left to do. But I wouldn't give any drug user sympathy because we burden the effects of them using drugs. All the break ins, mugging and murders just so they can get a fix, it's ridiculous. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

momofmodi	There is a kid who used to live in our neighborhood whose life has been totally shattered due to his continued drug abuse/addiction. Now he receives disability everything month because of what the drugs did to him. Guess what? He makes about the same amount on disability as I do working. That is great! Glad I can help pay for his drug problems. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

ann.inspain	Drug addicts come from all walks of life and some have become addicts through their Gps. Not all adicts are on heroin etc but are addicts through no fault of their own. Take a look at the people who were prescribed Valium and were given repeat prescriptions for years, slimming tablets, steriods, the list is endless. We can all get on our high horse and and accuse people of self inflicted abuse but what if someone close to you became an addict on whatever drug would you shun them, I wouldnt. My chldren were teaching me the signs of drug addiction when they were 10yrs old, thank God they were taught in school because they were peer pressured at a later date to take drugs. We all have choices, live and let live. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

?	u right on that but that s why drugs r so powerfull . u no and u keep doing it ! it s hard but noy impossible 2 get out of that hell . Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

KD	I have been dealing with this my whole life. I am tired of people saying that it is a disease. These people know the first time they use what it's potential effects are. I really makes me angry, it is just a cop out for them to say they can't help it. These people are selfish and think that it is society's responsibility to take car of them... it isn't, they made their own bed so they should have to sleep in it. My mother was a Cocaine addict, my father died 4 years ago of a heroin overdose and I just lost an aunt in May of a meth overdose. I was there when it happened to my aunt b/c her 2 children called me b/c they couldn't wake their mother up. Hell no they don't deserve sympathy, those that give it to them are just enabling them to continue ruining peoples lives!!!! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

cosmicbluekiss	They don't need sympathy, they need strength. Its easy to get into drugs, but a life battle to get out Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

GOLDILOCKS	People become addicted to all sort of things for all sort of reasons so some compassion and understanding in a supposedly " civilised society " won't go amiss ! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Bapboy	As a free-thinking intelligent adult, taking heroin is utter lunacy and you really only have yourself to blame, true, however, we all do stupid things - especially as hormonal peer-pressured idiot teenagers. If a person is stuck in a vicious circle of dependency, no matter what that dependence is, and they want out, then, as a fellow human being, they do deserve a little sympathy and they deserve help, because as much harm that a drug addict can cause, a changed person can count for a whole lot more. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

jack	they wont have any off me Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

jason_d_knipmeyer	Surely your making a statement rather than asking a question with your follow up. But I agree with you that there are better things society should be concerning itself with than people that CHOOSE to put this filth in there system. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

honey	hmmm well no but they certainly need help!!it depends if they actually want to stop taking drugs like if a duggy came to a drugs clinic to help them get off drugs then yes i think they should deserve a little sympothy but if they dnt wanna stop taking them then hell no they dnt deserve one little bit of sympthy. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Rarity	They are 100% irresponsible, but I doubt any single one addict new they'd get into the mess they're in. I don't think anyone wants to be addicted. I hate myself everyday for smoking - society 'carries the can' for idiots like me in the end - only my addiction is wholly socially acceptable - costs the NHS a fortune, and my life though. Can hardly believe I'm saying this - we have crack heads next door and they are causing nothing but trouble!!! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

TRUEBRIT	I think we should ask ,what caused the person to take drugs in the first place? I know someone that had a terrible accident and is disfigured and to cope with his day started taking drugs to forget what he looked like , finding out that it did'nt change the way he felt about himself tried to stop taking the drugs, but was addicted, he is ashamed of himself for starting drugs ,given time he may get up the courage to go to the Doctor and say "I am addicted to Cocaine" help me. I wait for that day !! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

beast	People who lack compassion have an empty hole where their humanity is supposed to be. Nobody needs your sympathy. You dole it out to those you decide deserve it and pass your judgments on everyone else. Drug users have big problems and some of them get over it. Your problem is that you think you're better than them. You are unlikely to ever get over it. What a self-righteous miserable excuse for for a person you are. I don't use drugs, but I'd rather be the most degraded junkie than be you. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

GANJI	fair enuff...but u dont get MY simpathy either!u cant put all sorts of differentpeople in one same basket u know? or,u can,maybe u shouldnt? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Fu Manchu	No they don't, the drugs don't kill them, they kill themselves by doing it... Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Suzanne G	y, es they do deserve our sympathy. i work closely with this group of people and they usually state the most horrific upbringing and childhood, its no wonder they wanted to find a release from it all. the majority want to get clean, but need a lot of support in doing this. its an adiction Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

noTpoOdLE	How, much,for,your ,sympathy,i'm,,getting,, withdrawl. ugh! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Pat F	Yes they are guilty. But mostly guilty of being weak. People experiment and try things. It's our nature. Some people just get hooked and need help. And those who seek help deserve our sympathy and compassion. Those who don't seek help obviously enjoy wasting their life and need no sympathy. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

tumbleweed1954	Addicts are sick people and it's in socity's best interest to help them. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

krisbohanon	i dont think they deserve sympathy, they are the one that started taking drugs and now they cant stop. they did it to themselves and they knew exactly what they are getting into. So i agree with you totally. (and its nice to know someone thinks the same as me because so many people want to give them everything because they are addicts and i think it BS) Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

D	Only a very limited amount of sympathy in my opinion. Human suffering is sad, but in the case of drug addiction, this suffering is self-inflicted. No matter what sort of upbringing someone's had, noone takes heroin or crack for the first time in total ignorance of the consequences. Everyone know that such substances are devastating to one's health, expensive and often dangerous. No hard drug is INSTANTLY addictive either, although the highly addictive ones become so very quickly. Too many people in modern society believe themselves to be 'victims', that they are not responsible for their own choices and actions, and that's a very corrosive attitude. The only exception I can think of is the patient who becomes addicted to the medication they have to take - they did not choose to become an addict. Not that this would excuse criminal behaviour on their part to feed an addiction. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

PAULINE R	i am a recovering alcoholic i had an addiction to alcohol and i can tell you addiction is an illness it is a compulsive disorder and an addict deserves as much help as anyone else wit an illness would you tell a anorexic to get over it and just eat ! its not that easy we have a mental disorder and it is a daily battle the vast majority of addicts do not deliberately want to hurt their family's or friends but do not know how to stop they forget how to live without these substances then they become unable to live without them without help from those who know Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

sasha	yeah they are guilty of any crimes they commit but sometimes people get on drugs cos they were young and had peer pressure, many drug addicts started drugs below the age of 16 so its easy to understand at that age how they were naive and easily persuaded. also allot of drug addicts have had problems in their past that they cant deal with, while other people get proper help or get on with life, they use drugs as a way to escape from their problems, just like some self harm etc. we all make mistakes in life and drugs for many is one of them. they should be punished for the crimes they commit but also be understood. despite what some people think, they are not all mindless people, and in fact many of them have good educations, been to university etc and come from good hard working, loving families. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

*Kate*	I agree, I mean everybody knows what they are going to let themselves into if they start taking drugs. So there's no sympathy. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Old Man of Coniston!.	Of course they deserve pity. Most of them are trapped in a poverty cycle, some do it through peer pressure, some do to impress. Whatever the reason they need professional help and a supportive Government that doesn't encourage drugs with soft policies, then cut funding when the problem escalates ten-fold. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

mikem33607	In heaven above, they're looking down on you for looking down on them. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

flippant	no sympathy just a lethal dose to kill them and get them out of society for good. let decent human beings live they're lives and provide a nice home for them and their children without the fear of a druggy burgling you to get a high. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

DustinM	NO, NO, NO Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

terryoulboub	Drug addiction, substance dependence or chemical dependency is the compulsive use of psychoactive drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. Drug addiction has two components: physical dependency, and psychological dependency. Physical dependency occurs when a drug has been used habitually and the body has become accustomed to its effects. The person must then continue to use the drug in order to feel normal, or its absence will trigger the symptoms of withdrawal. Psychological dependency occurs when a drug has been used habitually and the mind has become emotionally reliant on its effects, either to elicit pleasure or relieve pain, and does not feel capable of functioning without it. Its absence produces intense cravings, which are often brought on or magnified by stress. A dependent person may have either aspects of dependency, but often has both. Although the high may last only a few minutes, it also produces more longer-lasting effects in the brain. Personally, I feel the rehabilitation centers seem to make the addict feel that though he is responsible, people should have sympathy for his condition. This may be callous, but I don't feel sorry for them. In fact, I am sick of seeing "interventions" where people have to babysit someone for what they had control of in the first place! I have family members who have succumbed to drugs because of life's hardships...well, guess what, those same hardships fall on other people and they manage to survive! Society needs to stop acting as though we are responsible for what others have done to themselves. Get the help you need, stand up and be contributors to society - be part of the solution, not the problem! <I'm sorry if this offends anyone...really, I am; but some of the people I know have gotten on my nerves about their "habit"!> Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Suzy	yes...they need help, professional help. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No