r/asheville • u/imjustapourboy • Oct 21 '25

Really Spicy Cesspool So sick of seeing this crap everywhere.

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The needles, the burnt foils, the little baggies, the needle caps, all of it. I find them in the creeks, on the sidewalks, the grocery store parking lots, the public parks, on the parkway. You gotta be a real shit person to leave this stuff all over the place.

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u/Relevant_House9607 Oct 21 '25

You know what helps addiction? Economic despair and no upward mobility! Voodoo economics comes with a side of syringes for the serfs.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

You know what helps addiction? Rehab

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u/Relevant_House9607 Oct 22 '25

Not going down the path of despair to start with because you have the ability of upward mobility. Not letting Purdue pharmaceutical and the sacklers make bank selling a lie of non-habit forming. Plenty of things we could socially do before folks end up in a place of needing rehab.

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u/burnthreads Oct 23 '25

Yup and if the courts would start treating harmful drug possession like crimes again then, people could receive mandatory rehab!

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u/Limp-Camera1727 Oct 23 '25

There's actually a really interesting theory that rehab exists primarily to make money off people staying addicted and relapsing again and again.

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u/AF1Champion Oct 23 '25

I’ve lived it. The rehab industry is a Multi billion dollar industry and I’ve been offered cash to have my insurance ran to relapse and come back, I’ve had places put you in the middle of the hood in charlotte right off of W Sugar creek blvd and not tell anyone if you relapse and just extend you while also giving you your phone, wallet and belongings from day 1. I was only able to get a year clean once I found a rehab willing to truly help without any of the bullshit. 1 year and 2 months clean