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We will contact you
in a few minutes.
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I will continue this in the guest
quarters. Commander, Doctor.
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Data, I can understand how this
could happen to the Ornarans.
:32:28
What I can't understand
:32:30
is why anyone would voluntarily
become dependent on a chemical.
:32:33
Addiction to drugs is
a recurrent theme in many cultures.
:32:37
Wesley, no one wants to
become dependent. That happens later.
:32:41
But it does happen,
so why do people start?
:32:45
On my home planet, there was
so much poverty and violence,
:32:49
for some, their escape
was through drugs.
:32:52
How can a chemical substance
provide an escape?
:32:55
It doesn't,
but it makes you think it does.
:32:59
You have to understand,
drugs can make you feel good.
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You feel on top of the world.
You're sure of yourself, in control.
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- But it's artificial.
- It doesn't feel artificial
:33:14
until the drug wears off.
:33:17
Then you pay the price.
:33:19
Before you know it, you're taking
the drug, not to feel good,
:33:23
but to keep from feeling bad.
:33:25
And that's the trap?
:33:27
All you care about
is getting your next dosage.
:33:30
Nothing else matters.
:33:34
- I guess I just don't understand.
- I hope you never do.
:33:39
Lt Yar, we're ready
in the guest quarters.
:33:54
T'Jon,... do you have it?
:33:58
Yes, it is here, but...