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It’s estimated that one in four families these days has some type of drug abuser, with more and more of them being addicted to various prescription drugs. Does that number sound too high to you? Or does that number sound about right? How bad is the drug problem here in Fayette County? Do you personally know anyone with a drug problem? What more should we be doing as a country to deal with the problem?
“I’ve seen kids from good homes and parents who care also have drug problems. I see it every day. Doctors, lawyers and, yes, even poor people take drugs. It has no boundaries.”
“Well-to-do people with stable families struggle with drugs just as much as poor people.”
“It’s hard for veterans who are disabled to get pain pills, and some really need them.”
“Oh, they do. That’s my point. They take it off of the wrong ones and give it to granny down the road who has a tad bit of arthritis so she can sell it to have food. Yet an amputee who served is limited to what pain medications he gets.”
“Most of these people don’t want a job, hence why we should test for welfare. It’s a vicious cycle.”
“I wasn’t implying that only the less fortunate are struggling with addiction issues. It’s a disease that has no prejudice.”
“If more of them had jobs , we wouldn’t be having this discussion.”
“They need an education, unless they think the minimum wage for working at McDonalds is going to go up to $15 an hour.”
“Not only do we have the people with the drug problems, but we also have the people who sell drugs too. I know a few from both sides of the track.”
“It a doctor problem. They keep writing the prescriptions.”
“They could start by drug testing the people living in places like Gibson Terrace who live practically for free.”
“How about bringing better jobs to our area instead of minimum wage restaurants. Our youth are being exposed to only a few avenues in this area. Drug dealing, drug using college or coal mining. Unfortunately they are being exposed to the first two at a young age.”