Drugs: Chemical weapons of another kind

It may seem extreme for me to say that I detect a parallel between Syria dumping chemical weapons upon its citizens and drug dealers dumping illegal, dangerous drugs upon citizens in the United States. Both actions cause mind alterations, disease, and death. The United States will go to war to save people in a country across the globe, but we cannot get a handle on the chemical weapons that are within its own boarders.

I heard this morning on the news, again, that safe-haven heroin sites are proposed by some Washington city officials, who support the action of injecting heroin. The suggestion that the cites will save addicts from death does not equate to the damaging message it sends to our youth: it’s okay to use heroin; in fact, the government will help you.

The nation needs to stop illegal drugs, not find ways to support them.

This story was originally published July 13, 2017 at 1:51 PM with the headline "Drugs: Chemical weapons of another kind."