When we walked onto the Green Line platform to return downtown, I noticed a man and woman in the vacant lot below. The girl was on the ground unconscious, while her boyfriend stood over her crying. That’s when I noticed that this was the same girl that one of my street photography students had just giving a cigarette to, not even 30 minutes earlier. We let our train pass while we watched and photographed.
In the end, they took her away on a stretcher, with the sheet pulled all the way over her head…
Every addict, especially H addicts, talk about emotional pain being one major reason we use. I’m a H addict and I understand that. No other drug works as well as opiates to full that pain.
Until we as a nation look at why so many people are having this emotional pain we will see addiction continue to grow. I realize all people have some emotional pain they have to deal with.
But it deems that more young people are having these pain issues which is why I think there is more of them turning to opiates.
Is it a lack of life “skills” that we aren’t getting?
I’ve spent years pondering these questions. If our society doesn’t figure this out we are doomed.
Personally I believe it’s a spiritual issue, NOT a moral issue.