As the movement to legalize drugs becomes more prevalent maybe we should take a step back and look at Artie Lange. This extremely talented man was just arrested for Heroin an Cocaine possession and tweeted he doesn’t think he’s going to make it. While Artie Lange is a famous individual fighting this addiction in the public light millions suffer privately in their own pain day by day. These individuals don’t suffer alone but bring down families, friends and even the communities they live in. I can’t understand why someone takes the first smoke, shot, or swallow but once they put these poison’s in their bodies it takes over too many lives.
I understand the ration debate of taking these substances away from criminal elements and regulating/taxing but also must accept the emotional pain they bring not just on the individual user but their loved ones and even society as a whole. Maybe legalization will be better but that still is not good enough. Let us realize that some around us are in a deeper pain then we know and help lead them to healthy ways to deal with that anguish then poison’s that take away their very soul. G-D willing someday this debate will end as we all realize in our ways that life is a gift best enjoyed without the need of additives that might bring a moment but end in a disaster.