I understand his last sentence.

The part about drug abusers ALL...that's quite different and is narrow-minded at best and that attitude gets under my skin.

"Is substance abuse a personal failure of willpower or a disease that deserves medical treatment — the answer does not matter. The problem affects all of society so society must stop the binary assignment-of-blame-approach and simply accept that the problem affects millions of people touching the lives of all and costs society hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Substance abusers have the ultimate accountability for their actions and a duty to do what they can to recover. Society needs to do its part to understand addiction, remove the stigma, and make proper care affordable not only for addiction but for mental health generally. 12-step programs and rehabs are salves between relapses. A new paradigm is required. Until we destigmatize substance abuse, the cycle of failure will never end."

I wrote about 3 1/2 years ago that as a short form promoting my essay https://medium.com/illumination/drilling-down-to-the-root-cause-of-addiction-7c57c5a3fd6c

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And who do you think my friends are? Do you know any of my friends, and what they think, other than the limited amount I've spoken about one who I have had disagreements with? ok, maybe I need to smoke a joint. ;-) (drink some wine or bourbon--I don't like weed) Or maybe you've smoked one too many tonight?