DRUGS

One of the most argued and controversial issues in the modern world, is Drugs. As a kid I was tough that, as humans and mortals we ought to be continuously aware of certain bad and dangerous elements that lie around us and pressurize our existence. Hazardous plagues same with diseases and wars, so do drugs must be discarded and eliminated from the face of the earth. Today, drugs are most widely interpreted as corrupting, dangerous and dodgy, with massive consequences on one’s mental and physical health; when in some cases they would even caused one’s life. The truth is that, not all drugs are like that and even if we do not realise it, we always have and always will use them in excess. Simple as that, we can not live with out them for two main reasons: A) health welfare (e.g. medical marijuana and morphine) and b) Comfort (e.g. tea, coffee, cigarettes and alcohol). Currently in many states of the U.S., cannabis is considered to be illegal and moreover a class A drug, along with cocaine and heroine. In addition, the few medical clinics of producing medical marijuana are hidden in top secret locations and even though there are thousands of people who need pot as a cure or a relief to their suffering, presently only 7 of them are legally provided with it until they die. The rest must seek the drug dealers and spend a hell lot of money just to get a gram and constantly afraid of arrest and prosecution. On the other hand, the numbers talk for themselves, whereas in a study contacted recently in the U.K alcohol was found much more risky than marijuana. There was a time, where alcohol was illegal as well but eventually we learn that by making something illegal is only a way to make things worst. With every single thing we criminalise (prostitution, drugs, alcohol or tobacco), we then create a black market, we promote suppression and project elusive ideas like; “anything illegal or bad is exciting and cool”. The truth is that, no one ever died from just smoking marijuana and no one will be, because it is just not toxic enough; but as the ancient Greek philosophers used to say, everything must have a limit, because anything we use in excess is eventually bad for as. As far as the harder drugs, if they were legal and controlled in some way, we might have avoided many unfair deaths. One thing that, I found on the lecture very tricky was the idea that in many cases governments and other social parties used several drugs in order to established public brain control. It’s true that, we must not rush into conclusions and firstly critically examine our reasoning and those of others. Anyone that seeks to experiment with drugs must ask his self first, “is it way of escape or a way of control and who is controlling who”.