HAVEN'T WE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THE '60S DRUG CULTURE?

WHAT BUGS ME:

I grew up in the 1960s drug culture and wherever I went there was
acid, speed, hash and any other assortment of drugs you can think of.
I graduated from high school in 1967 and then worked for a year in
the mill and went back to high school in 1969 to pick up some courses
to attend BCIT.

I could not believe the change.

In that one year the culture went from having a cigarette out at the
bridge to getting stoned during class breaks. Half of my classmates
in 1969 were stoned all through school. The change was amazing. Many
lives were snuffed out and changed due to the drug culture of the
'60s and '70s.

So here we are today almost 40 years later and nothing has been
learned. Not a thing. We baby boomers who brought in this drug
culture haven't taught our children one thing.

Forty years ago it was called speed. Today it is called crystal meth.
What is it? It is a stimulant. I am not going to go into details
about the ingredients but crystal users often extend speed "runs" for
days or weeks, without food or rest, putting impossible demands on
their bodies and brains. We have all seen on TV the car thief who was
on crystal meth acting so hyper and having no fear. It is a killer.

That's why it's not a big mystery that you don't run into many old
speed freaks in the real world.

They don't live long enough to get old.

At the rate things are going there won't be a generation 40 years from now.

What I don't understand is aren't kids smart enough to realize what
they are doing? Look at your friends who are addicted. Look at how
their lives are ruined. Look how they are scorned by everyone. It is
a fine line between being cool trying crystal meth once and being
ridiculed for being an addict. It only takes one time and you could be hooked.

So maybe we as the generation who started all this should take the
time to talk to the new generation and educate them rather than scorn
them for continuing what we started. Let's educate our kids on the
harm they are doing to themselves and the slippery slope they are on.

We owe it to them.