Drugs Becoming the Norm in Society

It seems like everyday we are flooded withbecome a drug driven society.
propaganda for drugs. It is in our schools,Prescription drug abuse is tearing our society apart. It
government, work place and at home. While we areis now the biggest drug threat to date. Despite
in the middle of an illegal drug epidemic, while addictswarnings and drug education people are still under the
are becoming younger and younger and while theimpression that if it is prescribed by a doctor than it
war on drugs rages in Mexico, these pro-drugis safe. The only real way to handle this growing
messages are mixing with the anti-drug messagesproblem is to focus on rehabilitating current addicts.
and creating a conflicting message.There are several different ways that people can go
We are told that drugs are bad, they will kill you, yetabout rehabilitating themselves from a drug addiction.
we are also told that drugs will help you, sometimesThe only constant is that a drug abuse problem
even the very drugs that people are abusing. It is notneeds to be handled immediately. So, the next time
often that you can watch a television show withoutthat you're in front of your television and another
seeing one commercial for the newest, latest, bettercommercial comes on for a new sleeping pill or a new
drug. And it is not often where a school year goespain medicine, remember that someone is watching
by and a child is not put on heavy psychiatricthat and has just decided to use it for something
medicine that will supposedly handle their inability toother than prescribed.
sit still for seven hours. We have, in actuality,