As a country, we are often so busy with our own life's that we never really take the time to connect with people. Whether it be politics or just day to day life, we all focus on what's good for us. I come from a family that really struggles with addiction. The Johann Harl article about addiction really opened my eyes to the structure of addiction. Both my parents have been off and on smokers throughout their lives. Nicotine has been studied and is an addictive substance. Just like hard drugs, it's not the nicotine that keeps you from not being addicted but instead, the action itself. It's a social norm to not question things and to just assume what we have been taught it the right thing. We have been told as kids why drugs are bad and how the substances themselves cause addiction. Why don't we learn how to help people with addictions? We all know how bad they are but that doesn't stop people from using them. It's also not about limiting the production of drugs or banning them to stop people from doing drugs. Insulating victims of addiction isn't the answer either. We need to build that connection and help these people. As studies have shown, drug addiction is way more of mental issues rather than a physical chemical addiction to a substance. Instead of just learning about the horrors of drugs, we need to learn how to help and support people that do fall into addiction.
In word news, the Philippines is currently killing anyone suspected of doing drugs within the country. The president of the country has basically given citizens the opportunity to kill anyone suspect of doing drugs without any need to justify the killings. I can't even put into words how scary this is and just how hard it is to wrap around my head that this can happen and is happening in present day. This is also a great example of how being so fearful of the drug issue has made the country lose all sense of compassion.
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