D.A.R.E. Stated That "Euphoria" Glamorizes Drug Addiction, But These 14 Moments From The Series Depict How Devastating Addiction Can Be

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"The one thing I know is true is the longer you do drugs, the more you're gonna lose."

You might've seen that D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) recently released a statement about Euphoria claiming that the television series glorifies many things including drug use and addiction.

Rue sitting by a bonfire

Zendaya responded to this statment by saying, “Our show is in no way a moral tale to teach people how to live their life or what they should be doing. If anything, the feeling behind Euphoria is to hopefully help people feel a little bit less alone in their experience."

Rue hugging Labrinth in a church

And I can't even understand how D.A.R.E., or anyone, can watch this show and think that drug use is being glorified when the series regularly shows the struggles and damage of drug addiction. Here are some examples:

1. When Gia found Rue unconscious after she overdosed.

Gia walking into Rue's room and finding her unconcious

2. When Rue and her mom fought about Rue doing drugs in the house, and Rue picked up broken glass and threatened her.

Rue holding a piece of broken glass up at her mom and telling her to back up

3. When it was revealed Cassie's father had gotten addicted to painkillers and heroin and disappeared from her life.

Cassie's dad showing up to the house looking weak and with bruises by his arm veins

4. When Rue told Ali how much of a struggle it is for her to stay sober.

Rue telling Ali that she wants her mom and sister to remember her as someone who tried really hard to be someone she couldn't

5. When Ali told Rue that the longer you do drugs, the worse things will get.

Ali telling Rue that drugs will change who you are and make you betray your own morals

6. When Ali told Rue about when he hit his wife while he was using.

Ali telling Rue about when he hit his wife when he was using drugs despite it going against everything he believed in

7. The times Rue's addiction would get worse and she would hurt the people around her.

Rue making disrespectful comments to Ali about his past in order to hurt him

Rue saying horrible things to insult her mother and Jules

8. When Jules told her therapist how her own mother's addiction and Rue's addiction have impacted her life.

Jules telling her therapist about the responsibility she felt to about Rue's sobriety

9. When Rue went into cardiac arrest after doing a heavy amount of drugs.

Elliot checking Rue's pulse and her saying she thinks she's going into cardiac arrest

10. When Rue was so high, it affected her ability to enjoy sex.

Rue getting head from Jules and narrating that she doesn't feel a thing because she's too high

11. When Rue had a breakdown outside Fez's house because he wouldn't sell her drugs.

Rue banging on Fez's door, screaming, sobbing, and begging for him to open it and sell her drugs

12. When Rue's addiction had gotten so bad she had an outburst where she broke Gia's bedroom door and other things around the house.

Rue breaking her sister's door and knocking down drawers in her own room

13. When Rue was experiencing withdrawal so she tried to steal pills and medications from both friends and strangers.

Fez walking in on Rue trying to steal his Grandma's medication

14. And when Rue was experiencing severe abdominal pains, diarrhea, nausea, and sweats as symptoms of withdrawal.

Rue at different points in one night sweating, puking, and holding her stomach in pain

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