too real. I've always found that drug use was a way for me to hide from OTHER problems in my life. If you know someone who is struggling with drugs, don't try and force them to stop that habit (it could be helping them hold things together as unhealthy as that may seem) but RATHER try and help them focus on improving the other areas of their lives.
Do they have healthy friends/relationships?
Are they working?
Do they practice good physical/mental/emotional health?
When you solve the REAL problems, they symptoms (drug use) tend to go away on their own
The problem is so many of them hang with their mates who all suffer from depression, alcohol and drug usage.