RIP Philip Seymore Hoffman

well TE stole my post.. so.. yeah, another actor overdosing because their life is so horrible.. shocker.

 

I feel worse for his kids, he basically abandoned them because of his addiction. And they're not even teenagers yet.

 

for all you McLachlan fans out there.

 

Most people who aren't idiots don't start on Heroin. Sure, I'm sure it's really hard to kick. But Unless they were forced into it as a child, it is their fault they ever got into it.

Sure, you can't really be mad at someone for not being able to beat the addiction, but most of the time, they are 100 percent at fault for ever starting.

Pretty tough to get hooked without ever taking a dose.

 

Sometimes addiction comes due to a prescribed drug. When you can't get more of the "legal" drug, other sources are looked for.

 

Sure. There are tons of people hooked on prescribed opiates. But these celebrity OD/suicides are probably not often that.

And plus, the point when you turn onto the really hard stuff.. it becomes criminal. If Hoffman had been caught alive with that much heroin, he'd be in prison for a long, long time.

Best course of action is self-control. Don't start doing opiates, even prescribed ones, unless you find it extraordinarily necessary. That does ruin lives.. but I don't know how often people turn to heroin from that.

Most people want oxycodone, or whatever, if they're addicted to oxycodone. Surely it is cheaper and more readily available than heroin. It's not a plausible excuse to me.

Prescription opiate abuse and addiction is a very real thing. Believe me, the office where I work is right down the hall from a pain doctor. But I don't think this, and heroin abuse are even in the same league. But yeah, they both can kill you. It's the difference between drinking 5 cups of coffee per day vs. taking ephedrine.