“Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would call that not a disease but an error in judgment. When a bunch of people begin to do it, it is a social error, a life-style. In this particular life-style the motto is "Be happy now because tomorrow you are dying," but the dying begins almost at once, and the happiness is a memory.”
Quote by Philip K. Dick
Book:A Scanner Darkly
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A Scanner Darkly
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Philip K. Dick crafts a gripping narrative set in a dystopian future where reality is blurred by drug-induced delusions. The story follows an undercover agent, Bob Arctor, as he struggles to maintain his identity and sanity while navigating a world dominated by drug addiction. more
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