Many substances are addictive. From caffeine to cigarettes to crack cocaine to heroin to finally crystal meth and everything in between, we humans have had to deal with our addictions small or large. Why, even foods (especially those we are allergic to) make us addicts!
Don't get me wrong. Meth addiction isn't something to take lightly! No addiction is. The plain facts are that today's society mirrors the Great Depression of the 1930s. Back then, liquor was banned as well as other substances, jail and prison time was promised to lawbreakers (and yes there were laws for those who couldn't afford a good lawyer, sound familiar yet?) and local and state and FBI officers pursued offenders and criminals every chance they could.
The syndicate (mob) was blamed primarily for trafficking (also illegal), however there were moonshiners in the south and bathtub gin makers elsewhere supplying the illegal substance! Also, bootleggers brought Canadian liquor south or Mexican liquor north across the borders. No one went without! The rich went to the speak-easys, the middle class to neighborhood brewers and the homeless to the dumpsters or pan-handled to get enough money to buy what they could in the alleys. Nothing changed until the economy rebounded and people felt better about the future!
Today mirrors then because we are as bad off as people were back then. Young people (most addicted to drugs) are told they will have to work until age 70 in order to collect full Social Security and they "don't even have a job!"
And speaking of jobs, college graduates can't find a job paying more than $20,000 and they are in debt to the tune of $80,000 to $100,000. Jobs have left this country at a rate no one has ever seen in this great country and they call the 1930s the Great Depression!
My point is people are severely depressed. They don't want to be, but they can't help it. There is a dearth of good news! I don't know as I blame anyone for feeling so low, but I will say this, "We the people need to take our country back! Our congress needs to stop spinning the news and posturing and start creating long-term jobs for us. There, I said it, "us not them!"
Our young people need guidance as much as threats, they can defeat their addictions. I know there will be those among you who think this is too simplistic, but I am only saying that education and counseling from an early age will have a positive effect on the current problem and along with current efforts could be our best effort to save our younger generations who can't seem to find there way out of the depressed masses.
In closing, God bless this country and may we find ways to get our country on the right track!
