Its not a pointless thread. American youths are ignorant and brainwashed by government and the schooling system into believing all hard drugs are bad. Opiate addiction is something to be truly terrified of, but opiates themselves are not. People think that drugs like heroin are themselves the problem. But they are actually the solution to the problem. This is why truly advanced countries like Switzerland germany the netherlands and the uk prescribe heroin to heroin addicts for free. Instead of having to live a life completely focused on getting money for drugs, addicts there are free to have jobs, homes, families etc. imo its only a matter of time before americas institutions pull their heads out of their asses and realize that the swiss et al are on the ball with addiction treatment. Austria bulgaria and slovenia also have very proactive addiction treatments where they use slow release morphine (a great opiate) to sustain addicts. Here in trashmerica we only have methadone and suboxone, two of the most side effect ridden piece of shit drugs on this planet. 9 out of 10 opiate addicts relapse. 9 out of 10. Opiate addiction, once you have it, isnt something you can really cleanse yourself of. Im pretty sure that as the number of opiate addicts continues to explode in america, our treatment practices will begin to look to europe for solutions, and theyll find out that just giving the addicts what they want might be the best solution afterall, especially considering that apart from the addiction lifestyle, opiates cause no mental damage unlike some other hard drugs