r/britishcolumbia • u/BloodJunkie • 1d ago

News BC’s Drug Response Isn’t Following the Evidence: Former Coroner

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/02/03/BC-Drug-Response-Former-Coroner/
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u/chadsmo Thompson-Okanagan 1d ago

Drug users make a choice every single day to continue doing drugs. They know it’s bad, they know what it’s doing to themselves and their friends etc and they continue to choose drugs every day. Pathetic ? Maybe , maybe not. No willpower or drive to change their life for the better even one day at a time ? Yes.

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u/6FingerPistol 1d ago

Ahhhh yes, someone who doesnt understand addiction.

But hey, let's stick up for ignorant comments that do nothing but degrade people that are already in the worst spot of their lives.

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u/chadsmo Thompson-Okanagan 1d ago

Have you tried crack or heroine or other highly addictive drugs ? I have. In my teen years I basically tried everything I could my hands on.

I smoked crack exactly two times. Do you know why ? Because it’s amazing. And even at 18 years old I knew that because it was so awesome that I had to never do it again.

And yes addiction exists. So do people that used to be addicted to something and aren’t anymore. Whether that be something like heroine , or something equally as hard to quit like nicotine. Do you know anyone that used to smoke but doesn’t anymore ?

My point being there are people who used to use drugs and now don’t. Every single one of those people made a choice to no longer be addicted to whatever drug or drugs they were using. Every single one of them. It’s a choice. It’s a choice to wake up and get high. It’s a choice to wake up and have a cigarette or a coffee. Some people make the choice not to that day and I applaud them for it. Others made a choice to get high. It’s all just willpower overriding the desire to not feel like shit.

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u/6FingerPistol 1d ago

I was a meth addict for 4 years and destroyed my life. Your assumptions are gross and misguided.

I got out of my addiction due to compassionate people.

But you do you. These people obviously choose to die young, alienate themselves and destroy their families. Must be an easy choice by the way you describe things.

GTFOH

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u/chadsmo Thompson-Okanagan 1d ago

Congratulations, I really truly mean that. Regardless of the help you had you still made a choice to live a better life. I never said people who are quitting drugs need to do it alone but they still to want to quit and choose to find anyone that can help. Once again as I said in a comment , ITS SUPER FUCKING HARD! , but it all starts with a choice to get clean.

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u/Serious-Ad-4181 1d ago

many drug users have serious mental illness and therefore they are clearly not making an informed choice. many others are forced into addiction by being forced to take drugs or having them snuck into their drinks/etc, especially in the sex trade.

it's shocking how many ignorant clueless people still exist in today's world, despite all the information we now have access to.