I saw this, and my heart went out to everyone on the show. Drug addiction really is an illness and can be triggered by accident.
For many years I smoked marijuana, then I found out there were legal highs! Stronger (so I needed less) and legal (so I avoided criminals). No one told me that it was more addictive than crack cocaine.
I am clear of all of that (apart from an alcohol issue I am dealing with), I do not even smoke cigarettes any more..
But this shows that good people can make bad choices. They should be helped, not vilified.
It is a documentary that should be seen by everyone.
For very good apparent reasons, people can make stupid mistakes. My mistake was a way of saving money, and avoiding criminals.
The physical and mental damage was horrific. Other than a serious application of willpower, and use of nicotine replacement, and (to be honest) alcohol, I would be dead.
I am still using nicotine replacements. I am still drinking. But I managed to get off legal highs, before they were illegal.
And the question is.... Am I some kind of street thug and general toerag? No, I am a professional and a lecturer at a couple of universities.... I have was lucky that I never touched opiates.
So watch this, realise they the people shown in this documentary could be your mother, father, teacher, brother, sister or that nice chap at the end of the street who always says hello. Addiction was never their idea of a future.
