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D is for death,
R is for rotten,
U is for under,
G is for ground
S is for stopping
The plague of drugs has invaded our country for over one hundred years. In the past century our citizens were hooked on drugs also. Chinese immigrants came to California in the 1850s to work in gold mines and then on the railroads, they brought opium smoking with them. IThe "sporting" classes--gamblers, prostitutes, actors--began to join them.
As more Americans became addicted, women and young people were using. Women, mothers with a long days work for miserable pay, began drugging themselves at night and their children to get a good night sleep. Children of users became like zombies and of ill health. Opium use spread east, until by the 1890s, opium dens were commonplace in American life. Concern grew over some citizens watching this epidemic grow, so cities and then states began passing anti-drug laws.
At a time when medicine was relatively primitive, doctors and patients gratefully embraced the array of opiates like morphine, laudanum (alcohol suffused with opium), paregoric (alcohol, opium, and camphor), and codeine. These drugs were easily obtained, and there was great enthusiasm and casual use. The widespread adoption of the hypodermic syringe made for faster, more potent delivery of morphine.
Today we are no better than one hundred years ago. Drugs are rampant, they can be bought any where and every where. It is a sick, sick society of drugs, crimes fo pay for drugs and mind waster women, men and young people. The only people who benefit from drugs are the peddlers and the suppliers. A wasted generation of young people is a very sad thing to watch.
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Posted by airsjc on 2008-03-06 09:32:55 | Rating: | Views: 64
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I agree. I too was a druggie and at the time I thought it was the coolest thing ever. It was great getting high with my boyfriend and being completely mellow. I had not a care in the world. It was amazeing. Smokeing weed only led to me drinking more alcohol and takeing ecstasy whenever I could get it and have someone willing to do it with me. I even miss it at times. But the simple thought of not thinking clearly or slurring when I spoke makes me so ashamed of myself. Or the time I dropped out of college so that I could work more to be able to buy larger amounts of weed. WTF!!? Who was I? I was me, only high. I have anxiety issues so I used weed to mellow me out whenever I'd feel anxiouse or sad about whatever was going on in my life. Now, I still do get sad and do still suffer from anxiety. But in the end, now I can keep my job, think straight all day long, make sound descisions, and most importantly deal with my issues like an adult should.
Now I see young poeple like myself trying to fill a void with these horrible drugs that simply worsten the situation by impairing there sound judgement and damageing brain cells, respiratory systems and nervouse systems. If I'd known the results of quitting drugs and going through weeks of withdrawal, trust me, that enough wouldve made me never touch them to begin with.
This world is evil and I don't blame poeple for wanting to be drugged up to go on in life a little happier than normal. But the answer is that we just need to love a bit more and be around people who are possitive and live life to the fullest sober. It is possible.
Im still the life of the party and hyper as ever and my friends don't even believe that Im sober. If you gain the confidence you need in life, you'll be high all day long. Im high on life and it feels great.
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Posted by hebbert_j
on 2008-03-06 10:57:25
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