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This got me thinking: why would you tell someone to fear addicts? I would understand avoiding addicts because, in theory, they will hook you up to the drugs as well, and that's known to be a miserable living when you're on narcotics. But why to fear? Addicts are known to go to great lengths to satisfy their craving, and it's known that the extreme cases (which are what gets most exposure in the public's eye) can be quite violent to get what they so desire for - up to robbery and murder. This much alone could justify anxious avoidance, I grant you, but I feel like it's not all there is to it. Why not treat addicts like people with problems to begin with? What's to stop us?As for why people have this anxiety, I think they were told too.