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If you think the war on drugs is such a
SMART idea, maybe you should
ask yourself: What
is the drug war teaching us? |
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DRUG
WAR APPROACH TO
END DRUG ABUSE TEACHES DRUG
ABUSE EDUCATION, THAT IS: HOW
ILLICIT SUBSTANCES ARE ABUSED
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DUE
PROCESS APPROACH TO
END DRUG ABUSE TEACHES DRUG USE EDUCATION, THAT IS: HOW FDA-APPROVED DRUGS ARE USED |
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NOW HOW ON EARTH IS TEACHING SOMEONE TO ABUSE AN ILLICIT STREET DRUG SUPPOSED TO PREVENT DRUG ABUSE?! USE COMMON SENSE!
IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM DOING SOMETHING THE WRONG WAY, DOESN'T IT MAKE SENSE TO TEACH THEM THE RIGHT WAY?
AND ONCE THEY'VE LEARNED THE RIGHT WAY, THERE WON'T BE ANY NEED FOR CONTROL. |
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When a toddler starts to take those first steps, OH BOY! They are difficult. The left foot gets caught behind the right foot then the right foot gets caught behind the left, the knees bend like jelly and Ooops! Down goes the little feller! You don't show the little tyke how to make the same mistake or praise them for their error and then take them out into a busy intersection and let them cross! You take time, you teach them the correct way to walk. You drill them. Have them walk slow then faster and faster and then soon they are running. Then one day, after they've crossed those roads many times with you guiding them, it'll be time they hit those busy intersections on their own. They'll be prepared, so that when someone comes up to them and starts showing them how to get that one foot caught behind the other, they'll frown with a sideways glance and say: "BEAT IT BOZO!" And they'll continue walking the right way! They won't even stop to think that they mastered those steps. Of course, if we never taught them to walk at all, they'd learn alright. They get help from the "Bozo" with the two left feet.
The choice is clear... either we teach our kids the RIGHT way to use drugs or someone else is going to teach them the WRONG way to abuse drugs. Which way would you rather it be? Up until now, the only thing we've been teaching them is not to use them or how to abuse them. Now, does that make sense? |
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