The War on Drugs

Drugs have been around for thousands of years and were used for a variety of reasons. They were used for healing aliments that one might have and for recreational reasons. However, as time went on and society advanced so did its outlook on any form of a controlled substance and their uses. We began to see the benefits they had and developed other ways to use them for everyday illnesses, which wasn’t anything new, but we finally had the ability to understand why they helped. In the late 1800s Coke-a-Cola marketed their drink, or tonic, as having healing properties and claimed that if was a cure all. But, as time wore on we began to see the negative side and decided to control it for fear of what would happen, which lead to Prohibition and the war on drugs.
We saw a threat and had to act for fear that it would become a problem that could no longer be contained. People who once used the drugs as a tonic to cure a cough discovered that they could be used for pleasure and would develop a “habit.” Yet the more society said it was wrong the more appealing it seemed to be to the people who wanted to use drugs for fun and saw no harm in it. The government tried to put a ban on any substance that they saw unfit for the people, which made the desire to obtain it that much greater.
Drugs come in many forms and are called by many names. Some are worse than others, but they all have the same effect, they can destroy the mind and body. They cause problems within the person that can spread beyond just the individual taking them. They have been known to rip families apart and destroy relationships, yet people still choose to use them. It seems that the need to keep one from using drugs only drives them to want it more. The need to go agai...

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...out there and all we have to do is put the time and effort into finding it. Once the medium is found it will open up new doors and possibilities that we may have never thought possible for ourselves. We can stop this ongoing war and help save lives and put money back into the community and economy. We can provide a means to an end if we really wanted to. There are endless possibilities and all we must do is look. Invest our people’s money into being productive and finding ways to make this work. Until that happens though, we will continue to live in fear of the man who smokes pot down the street. We will continue to look down on the men and women who have to sell drugs just to get by and feed their families. If we wanted to we can end this violence and begin to restore not only our people but our nations as well. It will not be a simple task, but it is doable.