Addicts should not be disposable

Drug addiction mentally debilitates the abuser. For society to neglect, reject and therefore fail people struggling with crippling addiction should never be an acceptable or preferable option.

- Frank Sterle Jr

They definitely should not be consciously or subconsciously perceived by sober society as disposable.

Too often the worth(lessness) of the substance abuser is measured basically by their productivity or lack thereof. They may then begin perceiving themselves as worthless and live and self-medicate their daily lives more haphazardly.

But, even with all we know today about addiction, addicts are still seen by many (supposedly) sober people as simply products of weak willpower and/or moral crime.