THE CHANGING FACES OF DRUG ADDICTION

 Here I go again, pulling the race card. 

Its not about race. Drug addiction doesn't care what race you are. 

That's true. But guess who does? The people paying for your treatment, the government officials deciding the budget and the police officers deciding whether or not they want to beat your ass and leave you in a cell to die from detoxing. 

You can argue with me on those but the statistics are overwhelming in my favor. 

So fuck you.

Anyway I find it interesting that most of the pill heads running around are part time soccer moms, college drop outs, and washed out frat boys.

And they are white. Its an epidemic now. Of course there was D.A.R.E in the 80s but that was really designed to teach children how to snitch on their parents and neighbors. That isn't necessarily a bad thing. 

I just wish that the country cared more when vets were coming back from the Vietnam war, or when Harlem turned from a monument to black art and music into a fucking trash can. 

That would have been nice. 

Now the story for most of these poor unfortunate souls  is that they had some sort of injury that requried heavy pain meds and when the meds ran out they were already addicted. 

Then because they couldn't get another prescription they decided to start sucking dicks for heroin and street pills.

When I first heard this stock story I found it legit. Until I kept hearing it, and hearing it, and hearing it. 

At first I pointed my  finger at the pharmaceutical companies like everyone else did. Then I really started to think about it. 

It just seems odd to me that these innocent folks who never have done drugs in their entire life had the instincts to find an alternative that easily.

I think we need to be honest with ourselves about drug culture in America. Heads are not born they are made and marijuana was not the gateway. 

Think about it. You have back surgery right? You can't work. You need money. Maybe one of your less than kosher friends come over and ask to buy some of your pills. They tell you they'll give you $10 a pill.

And you like: "What did you say?! Oh shit, I can pay my mortgage with this prescription. So they go get another script and say that they need more for the pain. They sell those and are still taking them. High on the thrill of selling and getting high they start to venture out more to make more money. 

And that is how they get into drug culture. Ain't no sketchy dealers rolling up on soccer moms in the produce aisle at whole foods whispering in their ear. The marijuana gremlin is not chasing your young adult daughter and son into the hood for smack. The only thing pushing your precious wasp communities into darkness is the almighty dollar. 

Can  you blame them. At $10 a pill? Even at $5 a pill when they have no job and their insurance supplemental income has run out and their back still hurts like a bastard?

Lets say you script is for 60 pills. At $10 a pill you just paid your car note. At $5 a pill you just paid your insurance. And that is just a light script. And the higher the mg the more you can get for them. 

I'm not saying that all people that became addicted started with selling. I'm saying that there must be some sort of bridge between between being a drug virgin binge watching Netflix to selling ass on the street. 

It wasn't just the script. Drug culture was already a part of the addict's life in some capacity BEFORE they got their pills. 

And no it was NOT fucking weed. Ain't no one out here sucking dicks for weed. Stop with the bullshit. Most potheads, true potheads ain't really fucking with dope heads like that. Making sure they don't OD kills THEIR high. 

You can't play video games with a dope head. You can't bake cookies with a dope head. Sex with a high dope head is a one sided rollercoaster of "Should I, or shouldn't I start CPR?"