Which drug is the most deadly in the US?
Which drug leads to the most violent behavior every year (including on college campuses)?
Ready for the answers?
Tobacco.
Alcohol.
And yet, which are in the news, AGAIN?
Meth.
And LSD.
So how many people do you think die and/or become violent due to these drugs?
Nevertheless, they're in the local news!
| 4th "Shake & Bake" Lab for JanuarySunday, a caller informed the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office about several suspicious items found near a phone box on Longhope Rd. in Todd, suspicious that they might be related to an alleged “meth lab.” Full Story |
 | LSD, Other Drugs: Two ChargedLast Friday, the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Division and Patrol Division deputies, executed a search warrant on 413 Hickory Lane, Boone, NC, following an investigation involving alleged controlled substance violations. The search of the residence resulted in detectives seizing LSD Full Story |
I went on a ride along with a police officer, here in Boone, the other week. At one point during the night, dispatch called for an officer to check out a local business (cannot remember the name) because the alarm had gone off. We were not the ones to check it out; I believe they found no one there. Although later I heard several cops talking about how it was probably meth related. They seemed like they were joking about it for the most part, but I could tell there was some seriousness behind the remarks. They mentioned meth and TN so although I didn't get all the conversational details, to me they were implying someone from TN broke in to find an optimum place to set up a lab. I kept my mouth shut because to me it didn't make any sense, but I thought I would share that.
ReplyDeleteI think the prevalence of both LSD and meth lend a hand as to why they are in the news. As we have seen from class, neither one of these drugs are used on the same scale as tobacco or alcohol. They are "harder" drugs. The scale of people using them is smaller but if you look at the drug on an individual level, these "harder" drugs are exactly that.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of how dangerous these drugs are to society as whole; they can never be as harmful to society, due to their prevalence, or lack there of, in comparison to both alcohol and tobacco. Does this make these drugs less harmful to society? I suppose so, but only due to the fact that they are not being used as much. If these drugs were used on even close to the same scale as both alcohol and tobacco, I believe we would see more widespread problems amongst teens that are already using alcohol and tobacco every day.
The argument that these "harder" drugs are somehow less harmful is a bit convoluted. It simply is an unfair comparison. These drugs are not used on the same scale as tobacco or alcohol alone, and certainly not together. If they were, the comparison would be fair and I think you would truly see how harmful the "harder" drugs are.
Actually, the research shows that PER USER, tobacco is the most dangerous drug
ReplyDeleteon the planet. Alcohol is second.
LSD is relatively harmless. It is not addictive, you cannot overdose on it, and
few people die from it (I'd never use it).
As for meth, it is clearly dangerous. But it is so rarely used that it does not
even register as a serious social problem.
I don't understand why our government just doesn't take a step back and look at tobacco. It is clearly harming our country more than "drugs". and what kills me is it's a choice, it's not even banned and people are killing themselves illegally, this is LEGAL. Alcohol as well. Alcohol has the ability to turn your best friend into the town idiot within 3 hours. And when you compound alcohol with driving, i'm sure the risk almost doubles. However we still are tunnel visioned on the fact that "SHIT, little johnny down the road found a used plastic soda bottle that COULD contain left over meth." I think our definition of "drug" is going to change soon, and hopefully i'll be able to see it in my time.
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