I think they’re saying it was ultimately Perry’s fault for what happened, and not that they don’t have compassion or sympathy for him.

I’ve seen similar cases locally where some pretty white girl becomes an addict and eventually ODs and the news/police/prosecutors treat her like a murder victim and come down on the dealer with heavy handed charges as if he forced these drugs into her body. Meanwhile, at any point before she ODed, these same people couldn’t give a shit about her or her situation. They’d happily treat her like any other “junky” right up until she dies and then suddenly they pretend to care.

I won’t defend people who deal hard drugs like meth and heroin, but these people often have their own mental/emotional/physical/economic issues that push them into the lifestyle as well.

Until the government wants to actually help people work through the underlying trauma and circumstances that drive people into self medicating with drugs, they can keep their judgement to themselves as far as I’m concerned.