Man kills friend because he thinks he is possessed

[Woodrow]

Woodrow, frankly I am shocked by this. With all due respect, drug-taking is fundamentally wrong, but I find your solution rather extreme!

Obviously the above case is rather more complex than most, but then again, most drug addicts are not murderers.

Treatment, education, therapy and rehabilitation - surely???

After all - every "druggy" is someone's son, daughter, mum, dad and most importantly a human being!

If there is the possibility that "Druggies" are able to overcome their troubles (which generally, there is) and lead normal lives - how can you incinuate that they all deserve elimination?!

What does Islam say about rehabilitation of addicts? I'm sure it would not be that they all deserve to die, surely a more compassionate approach would be advocated Allah.

:hmm:

I might have worded that a touch stronger then I intended. I believe that any person who deliberately takes an intoxicant is responsible for anything they do while intoxicated and intoxication is not a defense. As far as feeding all "Druggies" deadly shrooms. I admit that is too much of a generalization. Being a Vietnam era vet I have had seen many of my former military acquaintances destroy their lives because of drugs. I have very painful knowledge of how difficult it is for a person with PTSD to keep from wanting to find the means to escape from reality. But, I still stand solid in my opinion any person deliberately taking any intoxicant needs to be held accountable for what they do while intoxicated.