+298 There is no reason to have any tolerance or sympathy for drug users. and I don't believe there is such thing as peer pressure....unless a needle was shoved into your arm..you are always in control of yourself and always can make the choice not to, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

1. you can be born a drug addict 2. peer pressure influences most teens 3. this is an amirite, not a blog...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Even if you could be born a drug addict, I doubt that your addiction would be fueled too much after you were born, so I don't feel it's a fair argument for someone to say that they were born addicted to heroin or whatever. Sure, you may be influenced by peer pressure, but ultimately, the decision is made by the individual, and they have no one to blame for their choosing not to 'just say no'. There was an opinion, I saw it, this post has a place on amirite.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Eh...seems like I was having a bad day and decided to troll XD You're right too, but there's still that possibility of being fueled after birth and everyone has the urge to fit in and get attention. Sometimes teens don't know they have a choice, or they can't see what a mistake they're making. I wish I hadn't voted down on this so much o_o

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yeah, peer pressure shouldn't influence them, and no shit. it says AmIRite at the end of the post.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

And peer pressure is just some lame excuse for being into drugs. u can ALWAYS say no. your always in control, its your own damn fault

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I agree with Lulu. Control is always yours. You choose to give it up. They don't take it from you.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well said . Unless someone else sticks the needle into you, you have full responsibility of using drugs.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I believe in tolerance. Sympathy, no, but definitely tolerance. There's no reason someone shouldn't be allowed to sit around in a private residence and use a bit on a slow day. However, people using in public and endangering other people should swiftly be arrested and harshly punished.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's a very unfair opinion. I know a lot of people who smoke pot and nothing happens to them. And then there are the few who are faced with challenges in life that they are not prepared to deal with so they escape. I am not saying they had a harder life, I am saying that they were emotionally incapable of dealing with it. Every person makes bad decisions in their life. Don't judge them for theirs and just be happy you don't have to pay for your mistakes the way they have to.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Agreed. Plenty of people have terrible lives, or difficult lives, and find themselves unable to deal with all of the stress. They are therefore unlikely to say no to drugs, and once they take them, they see it as a way to escape their reality for a while. In all honesty, I feel horrible for people in those situations. No, drugs aren't the answer, but we shouldn't persecute them for having a bad life. They just need help. There are, however, people who do it simply to be cool or exciting. Or just because they want to. Any of those people who do it in public, or make a scene about themselves, or sell hardcore drugs to young people--they should, indeed, be punished. Anyone who does something involving drugs that can harm others shouldn't be sympathized with.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"and I don't believe there is such a thing as peer pressure." Um, that's not true. Most teens do end up facing peer pressure at some point in their lives. Does that mean that they WILL end up being pressured into taking the drug? No. But a lot of them do, and while I agree that it is your body, your decision, some people just make that decision spur of the moment.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I agree, I have zero sympathy for drug users at all. Honestly, it disgusts me, so I keep my distance from them. Unfortunately, the guy I really like is the biggest druggie ever and comes to school high every other day, and that's just sickening. They're going to pay for it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Just remember that you don't know the whole story. Some people only "try it once" and get hooked for life, and then they really can't help it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't feel sympathy for them either. I mean, I'm not going to judge anyone though. It's really their choice and, unless they're someone that I really care about, I'll just stay out of their buisness. Oh, and when it comes to being born addicted to drugs, it really depends on the drug. I can understand heroin, because it's the most addicting and is extremely hard to get off of. It's not their fault.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I most certainly have sympathy for those who use highly addictive hard drugs. Yeah they made their choice but I doubt anyone on this post can say they know what it's like to be extremely addicted to sometimes, including the OP. And what people don't need is for pretentious assholes to tell them "oh well it's your own damn fault" when addiction is a DISEASE. If it's someone you care about, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have the same attitude

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Something*

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well you obviously generalize too much. Some people do drugs instead if commiting suicide as a form of escape because their life is shitty and they are depressed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's dumb when people who have perfectly okay lives create problems with drugs because it's "cool", but that's not the majority. I know people who do some drugs for other reasons or live in areas where at least 98% of the population has done drugs, so they grow up thinking that it's all right to try them but get addicted after one try. You don't know their circumstances, so don't judge them.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yall are retarded. Clearly all teens wanna be except so what ever the cool thing to do is peole will do it to feel excepted. So if 5 out of the 7 kids do weed well the 5 are gunna tell the two that its cool and not be and wimp and just do it. Obviously they'll do it to be excepted and then it come to the point where they're addicted. At parties when kids drink usually one will do it because "everyone else is doing it'' this is why its called peer pressure. It clearly does exist.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

....*accepted But otherwise, yeah, that's how it is for a lot of kids. Which is upsetting. However, I might add that it's not AS bad as everyone says it is. I can only name a few people I know who have done drugs, and it's only weed. And those people have never pressured me into doing it, as well.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Excepted*

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ehh, I'm a teenager, and even though my neighborhood is full of druggies, I still haven't tried anything. I never even drank a sip of alcohol either. I think it's bullshit, and just another excuse to blame anyone but themselves. My family drinks like there's no tommorow, but I havent touched shit. Own up to your mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes, and there's always a price.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Selling drugs is a horrible thing but it's all part of the illness. People who are using, even if they show off and act annoying about it, are going through the worst hell a person can go through. I've watched a few close friends deteriorate to the point of dealing. Thank god they only dealt to people who they knew were already using but that's still not ok. In an addicts mind, right and wrong becomes confusing. A lot of these people seem to be doing it for the thrill and just because it's exciting but try sitting through an AA or NA meeting. You'd be surprised when you hear what these people go through. The carefree attitude is just a cover so you shouldn't worry or care about them because an addict can't deal with the responsibility of having someone who loves them. When people see someone who uses or even deals, they should realize that it will never be their place to judge.

by Anonymous 13 years ago