I forgot what I was going to say…
>My best friend died from heroin and I have a feeling that if our government cared just a little bit more, a little bit sooner she might still be alive today
Why, didn't she have parents? Siblings? Friends? Neighbors?
It's the government's job to "Care"?
You really need to leave this place and spend a few years reading about the nature of government and responsibilities of liberty.
no doubt lots of that going on and lots here are that way.
the rest of us just plow through all the shit and find the gems wherever they lay.