Many people believe the statement: “drugs can kill”, but how many people have actually died from taking the pure drug? It is only when the drugs are combined with other substances, for example nicotine, and wrongly used when death becomes apparent.
For instant the usage of heroin is legal when prescribed by a doctor, as it has healing properties and acts as a painkiller. So why should some people be allowed to take drugs but not others?
Some people preach the fact that heroin is a highly addictive drug, but they don’t mention the reality that heroin is only addictive when injected into the blood stream, not when snorted or smoked. This has been proved by the fact that the drug has higher purities when snorted and smoked.
This suggests that many don’t actually realise the realities of today’s drug usage and abusage supposed problems. This can be considered when looking at the potentially addictive, yet less harmful drugs such as caffeine and alcohol, which the media doesn’t cover or see as a serious drug problem.
Therefore, the fact, that people don’t know what they are arguing against, is obviously true. What are they arguing against? The deaths? It has already been proved that the deaths from drugs are merely an excuse for people’s stupidity of mixing substances wrongly. Or are they solely against drugs because they are unsure of the consequences?
In my opinion people do not experiment, with caution, enough. After all, drugs are natural. For example heroin, marijuana and opium all come from plants. It is the new modern drugs such as ecstasy, which carry the warning signs. But if approached with wariness, problems do not occur.
The drug practice in today’s society can be seen though a wide range of ages, from the young “ravers” to the old “party animals”! Although this statement suggests that it is only the energetic that take drugs, when in actual fact, anyone can and will take drugs.
Finally, if handled and dealt with cautiously drugs can and will be seen, in the future, as part of everyday life, if not already. And why not? The drugs are taken because of their advantages; they lift people’s spirits and heal and soothe body and mind. To conclude I think that the fact that drugs will be changed so concoctions of drugs will not carry the high death risk badge when mixed is impending.
Annabel Borham 10BL Mrs Banks
English
