Claiming that the horrifying near-death experience really put things into perspective, area man Leo York announced Tuesday that a recent heroin overdose served as a wake-up call to keep on doing heroin but just be smarter about it. “That’s it. Tomorrow I’m buying a digital scale, and from now on I’m only using on weekends or after work if it was a super hard day,” said York, explaining that the close call had provided him with the clarity to realize he needed to do the hard work of finding a more trustworthy dealer instead of shooting up whatever sketchy back-alley stuff he could score. […]
Dehumanizing drug dealers isn’t helping, they are people too and often are just trying to make ends meet the same as a drug user. Most dont want to hurt or kill their customers, and most have incredible patience given the things they have to deal with.
Ive had more doctors make potentially lethal mistakes than drug dealers have, at least in my own experience.