> If I were a serviceman and knew I was going to places with lots of drugs, and that I had a weakness, I would maybe ask my CO to test me every x days while there.
Try this scenario again but without knowledge of the impact your decision will have and without a benevolent and cooperative support structure and I think it will more accurately describe what many people go through.
Your scenario is from an ideal perspective: full information, full awareness and unlimited help from the community. Not everyone has all of those benefits.
FYI, I don’t think the servicemen had an addiction to opioids prior to Vietnam.
Drugs (and most “poor” decisions) aren’t usually offered up with a fair and balanced perspective, it’s more of a “hey, try this” and you’re already in a hole before you knew it was a hole. Same with healthy eating, financial literacy, etc.
If you were raised in a poor, high-crime community by parents who made poor life choices and still found the time to learn about healthy meal prep, workout buddies and proper budgeting, then that’s amazing and kudos to you for overcoming a deck stacked against you.
Try this scenario again but without knowledge of the impact your decision will have and without a benevolent and cooperative support structure and I think it will more accurately describe what many people go through.
Your scenario is from an ideal perspective: full information, full awareness and unlimited help from the community. Not everyone has all of those benefits.
FYI, I don’t think the servicemen had an addiction to opioids prior to Vietnam.
Drugs (and most “poor” decisions) aren’t usually offered up with a fair and balanced perspective, it’s more of a “hey, try this” and you’re already in a hole before you knew it was a hole. Same with healthy eating, financial literacy, etc.
If you were raised in a poor, high-crime community by parents who made poor life choices and still found the time to learn about healthy meal prep, workout buddies and proper budgeting, then that’s amazing and kudos to you for overcoming a deck stacked against you.