War on Drugs

 War on Drugs, has there ever been a “war” on drugs.  First of all a war by definition is a state of “armed” conflict between different nations/states/groups.  Sounds like to me both parties are “armed”.  If there is such a thing as a “war” on drugs, seems like America is the ugliest bully known to man.  The US is armed with prison, weapons, massive forces with which to call upon, infrastructure but they are fighting against a group of people who have become weakened by a consuming a substance that enhances their inability to function. We won’t mention that the folks that are providing entry of the substance may me working in areas that should be involved with controlling the passage ways or lawmakers themselves.  That’s neither here nor there because once a law is broken I suspect it doesn’t matter that a law was broken that made way for provisions 5 with which to distribute the substance.

This distribution is a nice Segway to the topic of supply and demand.  The user demands it and the Dealer supplies it.  The Rehab requires their beds to be filled to maintain funding so their programs may or may not be optimal.  Well, not to mention that there is no guarantee that a person entering treatment will be “cured” because as we know there is no cure for addiction, so if that is true then when the demand for supply arises the so will the dealer.  Again I say how do fight a group of folk that are not fighting back.

Please note this is not a new topic this is an extremely old topic that continues to grow and it will not be resolved with incarceration or rehab.  It must begin in the home; I would suggest making a Drug Education Class mandatory at every level of education.  But hmmm, that might mean more folks may opt to not use drugs and then what would all those rehabs and detox facilities do?? Don’t worry as long as there are 7 days in a week there will always be an influx of addicts looking for help.

Regarding Drug Dealers those are a group of lazy egotistical individuals who thrive on control, fast money.  I would think that if the young men and women understood that they were not drug dealers that there were in essence flunkies running around the “corners” of their neighborhood not making a 10,000 of a percent that “true” drug dealers produce they may not see this role as glamorous; however, again the education would need to start early in elementary and junior high school to begin to break the chain within the community, neighborhood and/or the family dynamics.