• Enma Ai@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Exactly! Even if they spend it on drugs, what’s the problem? Let them have their moment of relief/happiness.

    As an ex opiate addict myself, maybe I can relate to them too well for most people to understand. Also, what are they to do with 5 dollars if they aren’t hungry and have everything else they need at the moment?

    • vivadanang@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      my biggest concern with the skyrocketing opiate deaths is: if I go into the store and draw cash just because I feel real bad for this person, are they going to turn that $10 into the hit that kills them.

      fentanyl is killing people like crazy, all over the place. I’d give them a joint or a beer, but the rare times I deal with cash for that uncertainty?