RE: Drugs: A moral decision, a matter of choice, or a national health risk?
September 20, 2014 at 5:38 pm
(This post was last modified: September 20, 2014 at 5:42 pm by MusicLovingAtheist.)
(September 20, 2014 at 5:28 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Those people -are- employed........they aren't shirking anything, and approaching the entire subject (and all participants thereof) with such language (and the attendant philosophy) is unlikely to produce any amenable solution.You've made an interesting point. If you mean "approaching the entire subject with such language is unlikely to produce any solution" is a reasonable one. I don't think hatred of rappers is going to change anything.
I think the drug dealers are a bigger problem than the drug users. They're the ones making the drugs available. That's one of the reasons I really dislike rappers. They seem to glorify the hard lifestyle of selling drugs to make a living. Beside the fact that it's just a slick way of selling their rap music. Rap music is another easy way that poor people can get rich. That comment was more geared towards my distaste for the music. I know a some rap artists are opposed to the drug dealing lifestyle like the wu tang clan and their song "c.r.e.a.m." (cash rules everything around me). I like the wu tang clan. The overwhelming majority of rappers just glamorize the drug dealing lifestyle though, like 50 cent and all those other pretty boy goons you see on the market today.
(September 20, 2014 at 5:28 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Those people -are- employed (and working harder for less pay than your average 9-5'er)........they aren't shirking anything, and approaching the entire subject (and all participants thereof) with such language (and the attendant philosophy) is unlikely to produce any amenable solution. The "effect" is largely down to where one finds oneself with the law - and how much money is left in ones pocket. The pills are more expensive but probably wont land you in jail. The meth is cheaper and probably will. One might consider that a "value-added" aspect of prescription drug abuse (thereby justifying -some- increase in price). On the other hand, the pills have quality standards attached - so there's that as well. All in all, it's a superior product consumed by a higher echelon of society. The difference between a Bickers Bar and a Snickers Bar.I don't know the effects of prescription drugs. I have much less of a problem with prescription drug users than I do black market drug dealers. Drug dealers are dangerous, violent people. I am concerned for the health of the people who abuse any drug.
