Doesn't anyone think it's essential to explore why so many Americans are choosing to use non pharmaceutical drugs to get high? While it's important to stem the flow of fentanyl into our country, it's seems we are not realizing that something is radically wrong that so many are choosing to play Russian drug roulette. Understanding the why…
Doesn't anyone think it's essential to explore why so many Americans are choosing to use non pharmaceutical drugs to get high? While it's important to stem the flow of fentanyl into our country, it's seems we are not realizing that something is radically wrong that so many are choosing to play Russian drug roulette. Understanding the why of drug usage is imperative as well educating our children that using street drugs may result in death and uncontrollable dependency.
The father whose son died from fentanyl laced cocaine didn't seem to question his use of cocaine, but rather that it's being adulterated with fentanyl was the issue. Unfortunately, once the human brain is exposed to these drugs, it usually creates an insatiable desire for more. Whether it's peer pressure, curiosity, depression, ignorance, or stupidity that motivates an individual to take the first drug induced trip, disaster inevitably ensues. It may not be death, but it often destroys the quality of life of the individual and irretrievably restructures the brain. Finding ways to discourage that first trip must be found and encouraging research to help those already addicted find a path to sobriety. Ultimately, decreasing the demand for fentanyl will decrease its flow into our country.
The current trend towards legalization of recreational marijuana will feed this conveyor belt of addiction. Today's weed, bred for maximum THC, is many times stronger than the stuff my peers smoked in the 1970s and 1980s. It is not aimed at casual users, but at hardcore daily users - the very kind of user who is likely to experiment with harder drugs.
Doesn't anyone think it's essential to explore why so many Americans are choosing to use non pharmaceutical drugs to get high? While it's important to stem the flow of fentanyl into our country, it's seems we are not realizing that something is radically wrong that so many are choosing to play Russian drug roulette. Understanding the why of drug usage is imperative as well educating our children that using street drugs may result in death and uncontrollable dependency.
The father whose son died from fentanyl laced cocaine didn't seem to question his use of cocaine, but rather that it's being adulterated with fentanyl was the issue. Unfortunately, once the human brain is exposed to these drugs, it usually creates an insatiable desire for more. Whether it's peer pressure, curiosity, depression, ignorance, or stupidity that motivates an individual to take the first drug induced trip, disaster inevitably ensues. It may not be death, but it often destroys the quality of life of the individual and irretrievably restructures the brain. Finding ways to discourage that first trip must be found and encouraging research to help those already addicted find a path to sobriety. Ultimately, decreasing the demand for fentanyl will decrease its flow into our country.
The current trend towards legalization of recreational marijuana will feed this conveyor belt of addiction. Today's weed, bred for maximum THC, is many times stronger than the stuff my peers smoked in the 1970s and 1980s. It is not aimed at casual users, but at hardcore daily users - the very kind of user who is likely to experiment with harder drugs.