It's because of their actions, I'm not speaking for all drug addicts but my sister has had a problem with drugs ever since she was like 15 and she will steal and lie to get them.
She will put drugs before her children and family, her husband has stole money I put away for their children so he could get his drugs.
i don't think they are all like that but when you have a problem and you won't just go get help instead of letting it affect not just your life but everyone around you, that's when people think bad about them
I think that it depends on what you take, if people will judge you more or less.
I generally don't respect people who put outside substances into their bodies, doesn't make me think very highly of them.
And if the drug itself makes the person violent or reckless, making him/her act like the scum of the earth..then that label is very well deserved.
It's not the addiction, its what desperation makes people do. A lot of crime is fueled by drug addicts. People who do drugs and do their own thing don't bother me (though its kinda boring) but people who rob their own mothers, kill, rip people off, etc because of their addiction are scum.
I either view it as: you need help to quit, or you don't want to quit and do whatever you want as long as you don't injure anyone else (including your embryo/fetus, if pregnant). If you injure other people because you feel entitled to what their hard work has brought them or you do drugs while pregnant then you can die in a fire and I wouldn't give a f***.
there's far scummier people on the planet than drug addicts.
pedophiles
mass murderers
politicians
lawyers
dictators
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I've known people and had friends who got hooked on drugs and it was a total waste. they just flushed their lives down the drain over something so stupid. I've seen it happen enough that drug users are a major turn off for me and I totally lose any respect for them at all. I wouldn't necessarily call them scum, just total losers.
Not scum, but people I wouldn't want to associate with. I don't associate with "addicts" because I don't like messy people, if they don't have their sh*t in order I don't care to be around them.
i don't think that at all, some of the best people I've met or know are or have been drug addicts. I agree with camilus, I view it the same way basically.
Drug addicts aren't necessarily the scum of the earth. There are far worse people than them, and some can even be quite normal.
Watch Requiem for a dream and you will see what drugs can do.
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