Anita, you hit the bullseye on the core issue of this and many others issues our country is facing...the inability for people to accept responsibility for who they are, what they are, and what they choose to do.  Only the individual can change their circumstances and we all have the same ability to do so.  But our society and 'educational' system has told several generations now that it is everyone else's fault for their poor choices and fate.  You'd have to actually use your brain and some basic moral common sense to know otherwise.  Responsibility creates growth, and for some, growth is very painful, therefore their growth is stunted...out of that usually comes addiction and cycles of destruction.