Geez Louise.
This bugs me more than I can say. In the US we've had many prominent young famous folk who've had "accidental" overdoses on prescription drug medications. What frustrates me is, we treat those on prescription drugs as different from those on street drugs. They do the same things with the same results! Why is it so much more tragic or special or innocent if someone is addicted to prescription drugs and OD's versus someone who is addicted to crack cocaine and OD's? Shouldn't we treat them equally? IMO, we should either start vilifying the prescription drug OD'er or we should be sainting the OD'er in the street.
They both had problems and they both OD'd. They both have issues, and one isn't any worse (or better) than the other.
This bugs me more than I can say. In the US we've had many prominent young famous folk who've had "accidental" overdoses on prescription drug medications. What frustrates me is, we treat those on prescription drugs as different from those on street drugs. They do the same things with the same results! Why is it so much more tragic or special or innocent if someone is addicted to prescription drugs and OD's versus someone who is addicted to crack cocaine and OD's? Shouldn't we treat them equally? IMO, we should either start vilifying the prescription drug OD'er or we should be sainting the OD'er in the street.
They both had problems and they both OD'd. They both have issues, and one isn't any worse (or better) than the other.