From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/17/25 3:55 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
      
   >  From personal experience, back in the 80s when the   
   > cocaine epidemic was rampant in the region where I   
   > live, I would sometimes be invited to parties where   
   > there was cocaine freely available for anyone who   
   > wanted to try it. No charge, just everyone having   
   > fun at a party. I know people who became regular   
   > cocaine users because of those parties.   
      
   But that's not uncommon with drugs. It's even more   
   common with alcohol but it's not at all uncommon for   
   druggies to share.   
      
   I imagine that cocaine in the 80s would have been   
   more popular than hookers, and easier to find.   
      
   >> Not saying he was a bad man or that he ever did anything   
   >> but try and help his son. But he made things worse,   
   >> starting with supporting his kid's habit.   
      
   > Yes, I did watch the Dr. Grande video. It's true   
   > that you can't force an addict to give up their   
   > addiction until the addict decides to quit. No   
   > one can do it for them. It's just a shame that   
   > there was something missing in that kid's life   
   > that he felt the need to escape into his drug   
   > addiction.   
      
   The true shame is that there might not have been   
   anything missing. It really could have been the   
   drugs. He liked them. His fellow druggies were his   
   "Friends" and dad was messing it all up.   
      
   You can do everything right and it can still go wrong.   
      
   >> Reiner's son was an addict at 15. So you're stressing the   
   >> point here. The worst I could manage at that age was   
   >> cigarettes and this kid was scoring hard drugs?   
   >   
   > The age range listed was 12 to 49, with the average   
   > age 24.5.   
      
   Again, any 12 to 15 y.o. who can afford drugs has too much   
   money!   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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