Drugs in America: One Man's Pretentious Tirade

The Revolution has lost. What revolution is this, you might ask? Back in the Sixties, a bunch of lazy kids decided it was better to get high and promote promiscuous sex as opposed to supporting the country during one of its bloodiest conflicts. They claimed, “Make Love, not War,” and while the message, if diluted, was a decent one, the execution of their idea was faulted and served to cripple America up to the present. “Get High” replaced the former motto and an entire generation was nearly ruined from the actions of a few “free-spirited” individuals, who were just following the trend.

Fast-forward some thirty-odd years. America today is as messed up as ever. Racial strife egged on by groups for Affirmative Action, such as the NAACP, neo-feminists, hate-mongers, truly corrupted politicos, far right and far left extremists pulling the rug out from under less controversial citizens, and drugs—the problems could take up an entire book, but a book is not what I intend to write. I instead choose to focus on the last problem in my tirade, drugs. Where did the drug problem originate? Who propagates it today? What is the right solution?

Pro-drug activists argue that the drug problem began at the turn of the Century, when the “White Man” pressed drugs on the minorities of the nation, the blacks, Hispanics, the Orientals, etc. Someone worth their salt would realize that drugs have always been present in America, but kept under wraps; it was embarrassing to be caught with them, and no real advocates existed until the 1960s. Marijuana and LSD made their dramatic entrances during that decade, zombifying the brains of thousands of America’s youth. To say all who did drugs became lazy is a misstatement, but accurate for a great percentage. The revolution that drug users wanted never came to pass (possibly due to a lack of activity); so why is the problem around today in greater numbers than before?

Recent studies say less than half of high-school students have tried some sort of illegal drug. From my own experience, in a normal, suburban setting, I have found the number to be greater than half, and possibly broaching 2/3. Why don’t the numbers add up? Kids lie. It’s basic. The Grateful Dead used to be one the main proponents of drugs, but their popularity has waned in recent years, as the Dave Matthews Band and Phish have taken up the mantle as the pot-smokers jam music. Popular movie and television stars Robert Downey, Jr., Dennis Quaid, John Belushi, River Phoenix—a list of the drug abusers and addicts on the big and silver screens could take up volumes—glamorized drugs and despite the violent results they had, kids and young adults still see them as idols for their sick problem. Movies such as
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” (based on the book by Hunter S. Thompson) “Half-Baked,” and “Friday” cram drug culture down the throat of America and paint the picture of the happy and contented drug user. It isn’t evil dealers in side-alleys, but rather large chunks of pop culture that proliferate drugs in American culture.

I know of two people who have overdosed, people I went to school with in High School, and vicariously, one who died from drugs. Drug usage is a major problem in the United States, and simply legalizing the harmful substances as many to the left want, the problem won’t go away. Continuing that argument, pro-drug activists state that alcohol and tobacco, two substances linked with thousands of deaths each year, are legal, “Why not legalize marijuana or some of the other ‘harmless’ drugs?” That argument is (and pardon the technical language) the most fucking stupid thing I have ever heard in my life. Rev. Jerry Falwell makes more sense than that position. I want everyone to think for a moment. If the death toll due to harmful, but legal, substances is high now, realize those numbers can only get higher when more substances are legalized. More coverage: the more people who can walk into the local gas station and pick up an ounce of weed, or pill of “X”, or sheet of acid, the greater number of car accidents, accidental gunshots, and civil disputes will result. Nothing can dispute that. Put 19 angry people in a room, give one person a six-shooter, and six people can die. Add another six-shooter, and now twelve are dead. Some may have justified the other six-shooter as a means for protection, but when people are dying because of one, why increase the risk of more dying, or at least getting hurt?

The answer? Stupidity. Many, many people are stupid in the county. Half of America is below the average, and you can quote me on that. 50% of our nation is a pack of idiots. Adding something that makes them dumber, that brings the dumber down farther, that sinks the median even more, is one of the most asinine things yet proposed in America. We must come up with a solution that preserves individual freedom, or else we’re as bad as a fascist state. Conversely, we must protect America from itself; America is not bright, though the individual is. Unfortunately, the masses—the pop culture—pushed and pushed and pushed until that individual persona counted for nothing. More young Americans fall prey to good old-fashioned peer pressure than ever before.

My solution, while controversial, is perfectly legal. By supplying drugs to America, drug lords and criminal organizations and our own US citizens are killing our fellow citizens. They have declared war on America; a war fought in the bloodstream, the lungs and the brain cells. I propose the government liquidates those who wish to do harm to America, and yes, by liquidate I mean kill. For US citizens caught dealing, I say life in prison, no parole, without exception; for those dealing in hard-core drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, crack, I would support the death penalty. A message must be sent to those who wish to kill American citizens. We will not stand idly by in the drug haze of the Clintonian Era and let Americans die; all action should be taken against the offenders.