It’s a bit like the beggar on the street defending buying drugs with the money he’s given. “If all you had to look forward to was sleeping in a box in a doorway, what would you buy?” Substitute “sleeping in a box in a doorway” for “Watching Barnsley every week “ and hey presto!! There’s the answer.
One of my friends died after taking some Coke last September. He went into a coma and his brain slowly went into his spine such was the pressure in his head.
People overlook how bad coke is for you. See this graph produced as part of a study into drug harm and addiction: