Why Do So Many People Pump Themselves Full Of Poisons Like This?

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/tranq-dope-a-new-drug-is-rotting-peoples-skin-and-causing-horror-on-us-streets-12810916
.....I'm going to start a count down with this one, .....10.......

[Ken4155]

Funnily enough, TTT, i was actually watching some vids on youtube last night, take on the streets of Philly. One could be forgiven for thinking they were watching trailers for The Walking Dead.

[Ken4155]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11655809/Philadelphias-Kensington-neighborhood-looks-like-scene-WALKING-DEAD.html

[douglas9401]

Some people are weak, some are stupid, some need a constant thrill.

Combine all three and presto-magico, America.

Coming to a street near you soon btw

[douglas9401]

I should add "It's not my fault" in a whiny nasal voice.

[Ken4155]

Here's one of the vids i watched. No need to watch it all to get the overall impression, and note, this is from 2 years ago.

https://www.bibliatodo.com/En/christian-news/chilling-video-shows-drug-addicts-walking-like-zombies-through-the-streets-of-philadelphia/

[pastafreak]

To read the personal stories is just heart breaking.
It's impossible to make judgements about these people...they are each in their own personal hell. As the president of the outreach group said " Our brains tell us to breathe. Their brains tell them to breathe and get drugs, or you will die - maybe not those exact words."

[pastafreak]

I remember seeing that too Ken.

[david small]

Lost souls experiencing desolation.

[Canary42]

It's very sad, but any addiction is hard to break and these poor kids suffer enormous peer pressure to join (or are "spiked") and then lack the considerable willpower to break the addiction.

One possible answer is a world-wide cooperative operation to extinguish and criminalise the sources, but with the number of countries making money out of it this eventuality is not at all likely to be forthcoming. Furthermore it would be a bloody battle as Mexico police have found to their cost.

[ToraToraTora]

......9........

[ToraToraTora]

just watching the sky news program on this now, the horrific wounds of rotting limbs. Utterly terrible.

[10ClarionSt]

Hundreds of people die in this country every year from alcohol related diseases, but everyone thinks it's ok to imbibe on a regular basis. Then there's death on the roads, absenteeism, domestic violence, town centre violence. The pushers of that drug are the manufacturers, retail outlets, clubs, bars, pubs, restaurants etc. But that's ok, isn't it? What's the excuse for all of that, then?

[ToraToraTora]

....there's the little fella didn't even get to 8! We are talking about flesh rotting drugs mixed by dealers with gawd know what turning young people into zombies but nope we cannot get away from the inevitable comparison with alcohol, well done 10cs you get today's prize.

[10ClarionSt]

Thanks TTT. I expect many people have seen the effects of alcohol on someone close to them. I have. Not good, to say the least.

[ToraToraTora]

great, well start another thread if you want to talk about alcohol.

[10ClarionSt]

Not really. I understand the OP, but I was making a comment about the most popluar drug use in this country, as opposed to the comparitvely little known Traq. Maybe soon to be more commonly known here.

[douglas9401]

'Tries to squeeze parsec into the discussion'

[Peter Pedant]

Foo a lovely countdown
I love TTT's countdowns - dey so funny
next number oo whoopsy can TTT count?.

eight and a half!

they take drugs because they like to..... obvious? too obvious?