Drug Addicts and Death
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Drug Addicts
The other day, I said something that made me sound like I was against all drug addicts and users..I’m not! I’m against those who don’t want to get better and instead, use, manipulate, and take advantage of their family members and friends.
First of all, there is a difference between drug addicts and those who use drugs every once in a while.
I don’t care as much if people do drugs and make enough money to keep up their drug habit, hopefully if it got bad enough, the person could try to stop if their finances stop supporting the habbit.
What I like is the friends I’ve had over the years (some from high school) that either had done drugs or were addicted at one time because they are such strong people, that they have gotten away from what could have ended in a horrible life and death. Getting over drugs takes strength, will power, and maturity. And all my friends who have been through that are some of the coolest people I know because of that strength in their spirit.
Death
I’m not going to get into why I brought this up, but let’s just say that here’s how I feel about how a parent’s money should be split up when they die:
A parent dies and all children are under 18: the money goes to the other parent for them and the kids.
A parent dies and some of their children are under 18: the money is split up so that it’s an equal share among the spouse and children, but the spouse gets the money for the kids that are under 18 to raise the children.
A parent dies and none of their children are under 18: the money is split up equally between the spouse and children.
This way, the moeny goes to where it would have probably been spent anyway when the parent was a live.
When a family member dies, it’s devestating enough, so why does one side of the family end up taking the money and advantage of the other side of the family?