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They do, but at the end of it all, the self-control is the final decision. Its where all those tragedies cease to evoke sympathy and you make the choice to be the harm-er instead of the harmed.
Getting molested or abused is a major factor in being a pedo, abuser, child hurter of some form. The same applies to them, whatever background they have is tragic but they still made the choice themselves at the end of the day.
By teaching someone that their actions are forgivable, you take away from the evil of said action by giving them hope that they can come back on the other end clean and absolved.
Every developing junkie thinks they will still be loved, or able to control it, or this or that. That's why they can be tempted to "try it." The consequences have been brushed aside with a lackadaisical attitude of unconditional positive regard and forgiveness that tempts people into that sin.
There are millions of people who've lost their way through no fault of their own more deserving of our time, sympathy, and help. Junkies of any form are not that and hardly deserve not to just be put down like the rabid dogs they are.
Equating drug addicts with child molesters or serial killers is a tad extreme, don't you think?
Yes, you have drug addicts who aren't just addicts but also are horrible people who commit heinous or even unforgivable acts. But to lump every addict together with those people is definitely uncalled for.
Being addicted is not evil. Being addicted is an affliction. Committing evil acts to fuel the addiction is evil but far from every addict is guilty of that. The addiction can be an explanation or at least help to explain these acts but they're never an excuse for it.
I will never absolve anyone of their sins because of 'mitigating' factors. Doesn't matter if its an addiction or anything else. No normal human being will come back from an addiction feeling 'clean' and 'absolved'. Your past actions will always haunt you for the rest of your life even if you manage to 'forgive' yourself for it. Only if you're a psychopath can you just go on living your life and not giving a shit about what you've done in the past.
What's your definition of junkie?
No, all of them are negatives upon society with no balancing positive side to them being so*. They may not be on the same level guaranteed, but they are still a danger to all by their existence.
That's without getting into how much cross over group A and B have. I'd wager a large percent of those molesters and killers and every other violent crime (and even many non-violent ones) are on some form of drug.
*A serial killer might be arguably having a positive effect if the killing is of the right people, but that's a very murky and dangerous position so let's ignore that rare possibility.
A self-inflicted one, that's what you keep missing. They've chosen to do this to themselves. They damaged their own life and usually the life of everyone around them by their own choices, and its in the pursuit of mostly hedonistic self-pleasure. That is evil in all ways.
That's without even getting into the societal problem, wherein someone has wasted all the time and resources put into raising them to be a productive and upstanding member of society, and is instead choosing to be a complete burden on it.
Anyone who does unneeded drugs. Personally, I'd even throw alcohol in with them but people aren't ready to hear that.