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<blockquote data-quote="2much2recover" data-source="post: 647855" data-attributes="member: 18366"><p>There was a situation in the Huffington post article about some parents who, once again, facing a child (adult) ODing, considered (for a moment) if it wouldn't have been better to not call for emergency services and just let the hell of addiction run it's course with their son and let him die. What a horrible situation for the parents to be in. Personally with heroin addiction, I feel that it does come down whether you are willing to take a roll of the dice with your child's life. (again adult) It seems like with heroin addiction it is a long death spiral. I kind of see it now, as withholding insulin from a diabetic child; expecting the child to withstand eating sugar to put off going into diabetic shock. </p><p>There are a lot of actions and issues that cohabit with heroin addiction that I would definitely disagree with, but fundamentally, once someone has crossed that line, physically, all things considered, if medical science can help them and the addict is willing, I believe in at least opening ones mind to the possibility of a medical intervention. What happens after that is offered, accepted or denied then becomes up to each parent how they wish to precede in the relationship or non-relationship after that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2much2recover, post: 647855, member: 18366"] There was a situation in the Huffington post article about some parents who, once again, facing a child (adult) ODing, considered (for a moment) if it wouldn't have been better to not call for emergency services and just let the hell of addiction run it's course with their son and let him die. What a horrible situation for the parents to be in. Personally with heroin addiction, I feel that it does come down whether you are willing to take a roll of the dice with your child's life. (again adult) It seems like with heroin addiction it is a long death spiral. I kind of see it now, as withholding insulin from a diabetic child; expecting the child to withstand eating sugar to put off going into diabetic shock. There are a lot of actions and issues that cohabit with heroin addiction that I would definitely disagree with, but fundamentally, once someone has crossed that line, physically, all things considered, if medical science can help them and the addict is willing, I believe in at least opening ones mind to the possibility of a medical intervention. What happens after that is offered, accepted or denied then becomes up to each parent how they wish to precede in the relationship or non-relationship after that. [/QUOTE]
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