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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 646663" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>There can be many reasons for "connection issues" - and yes, some of our difficult child kids "should have" had good, supportive connections - but their own issues and challenges do not enable them to <em>feel</em> supported, connected. </p><p></p><p>I do believe there can be an element of physical addiction, and it may be partly a DNA thing. Some people may be more at risk of becoming an addict than others. For these, recreational use can be the trigger. BUT... I believe that the greater portion is driven by MI, including the despair that comes from extreme poverty.</p><p></p><p>If we had put as much effort into the "war on poverty" as was put into the "war on drugs", we might have made more of a difference on the drug front as well. JMO of course, and I'm not in the USA - slightly different culture etc., but we still have somewhat of a "war on drugs".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 646663, member: 11791"] There can be many reasons for "connection issues" - and yes, some of our difficult child kids "should have" had good, supportive connections - but their own issues and challenges do not enable them to [I]feel[/I] supported, connected. I do believe there can be an element of physical addiction, and it may be partly a DNA thing. Some people may be more at risk of becoming an addict than others. For these, recreational use can be the trigger. BUT... I believe that the greater portion is driven by MI, including the despair that comes from extreme poverty. If we had put as much effort into the "war on poverty" as was put into the "war on drugs", we might have made more of a difference on the drug front as well. JMO of course, and I'm not in the USA - slightly different culture etc., but we still have somewhat of a "war on drugs". [/QUOTE]
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