I would happen to side with peter on this one but mainly because Russel Brand is acting like a complete tosser and its very difficult to take him seriously when he jokes around during a serious discussion; one of the points peter was making. So if you cant be bothered watching this entertaining video, then ill summarise it here briefly. Should drug users be treated with sympathy in the sense that you believe that addiction is a severe disability that needs to be treated with not only an open mind, but with consideration and care for the person of whom has been addicted to substance abuse over extended periods of time, or is it a choice to take drugs, and addiction is merely ones way of seeking pleasure because they feel like it. Russel Brand has empathy as where Peter Hitchens has very little. I say this in the sense that Peter believes drug 'addiction' all starts with a choice, and very much like smoking it can be given up without help from anyone. Peter thinks that harsher penalties should apply to those who are caught with the drugs and doing the drugs so that it may deter people from taking them in the first place. Watch it and post your 2cents or $1.50 here.
tl;dr Drugs are self inflicted problems who gives a shit, or should we fund centers to help these people.
What would be the most effective method to help drug addicts?
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