What kind of an idiot takes heroin?

All the cool kids are mixing it with coke.:cool:

Desperately unhappy people I'd imagine. Your name suits you!

You could say the same about cigarettes , yet I see loads of young idiots people smoking as I drive around.

riffmongous wrote: »

Just be grateful your life has been sheltered enough that you can't imagine why anyone would take it

Yeah, all those sheltered rich people and musicians are driven to it cos their lives are so much ****ter than the rest of ours.

Curious people.

Heroin tickles.

I dont think everyone who takes it gets hooked on it. its supposed to feel great ..............the first time.

Why do people do anything self destructive.

Star Trek TNG episode Symbiosis sums it up perfectly

Wesley Data, I can understand how this could happen to the Ornarans.
What I can't understand is why anyone would voluntarily become dependent on a chemical.
Data Voluntary addiction to drugs is a recurrent theme in many cultures.
Tasha Wesley, no one wants to become dependent.
That happens later.
Wesley But it does happen, so why do people start?
Tasha On my home planet, there was so much poverty and violence that, for some, the only escape was through drugs.
Wesley How can a chemical substance provide an escape?
Tasha It doesn't. But it makes you think it does.You have to understand, drugs can make you feel good. They make you feel on top of the world.
You're happy, sure of yourself, in control.
Wesley But it's artificial.
Tasha It doesn't feel artificial until the drug wears off. Then you pay the price. Before you know it, you're taking the drug not to feel good, but to keep from feeling bad. And that's the trap.
All you care about is getting your next dosage. Nothing else matters.
Wesley I guess I just don't understand.
Tasha Wesley, I hope you never do.

I think Arghus has it covered but I've noticed something about a certain personality type, the ones with deep seated insecurity. Seems to drive them to do really stupid things and I believe they like the feeling of being transgressive. I suppose if you've got nothing going for you at least you can tell yourself you're a taboo breaker so you've done something the next person wouldn't because they're not as daring as you (or they've more cop on, but different perspectives). They're deluded about their ability to function under the influence or they want to drop out as they feel they can't measure up in ordinary life.