In modern society many people live off of prescription drugs and many more take them for no other reason but to have a good time. In Brave New World the most popular form of pleasure is a drug called soma, which is the only for anyone to believe they are experiencing real feelings. Taking soma is the most common recreational activity for the citizens of the world state. However they don’t just take it for recreation but they also take it because their society depends on it to provide stability. As with soma, prescription drugs (where prescribed or otherwise) provide a quick fix for physical or mental problems and/or a way to get high.
This has the consequence that many people have to commit crimes and go into prostitution to buy the drugs they depend on. Yet each time they get what they want, they become more and more sick. Although everything for the people in “Brave New World” is great and everyone is happy and uninhibited if they get their lovely soma, they are also often dependent on the drug. Brave New World’s government supports soma to ensure passiveness of its people and thereby the stability of their created world. Alcohol, on the contrary, seems like an illegal drug in the New World because you become an outsider by drinking it, though it is not forbidden by the
The government has decided that addiction to these types of harmless drugs is okay, and then provides us with safe ways to access and ingest them. Could it be that the moment you turn to an illegal drug, you forfeit any chance of safety that the government could offer to you? Illegal drug use surrounds us every day, in fact, substance abuse is not a problem that will go away by banishing users to the streets; such attitudes only exacerbate this ever so common, serious issue. Critics argue that safe injection sites condone a criminal act, whereas, others argue that it’s better to focus on enabling addicts to practice the behavior more safely. While we must appreciate the moral perspectives some attempt to embody, good public policy must be measured by its effectiveness and ability to actually achieve the goals it is designed to respond to.
Empathy and drug addiction Thomas Dawson Interpersonal Communication Empathy is the ability of one person to understand another’s point of view, and is important in some approaches to drug addiction treatment, in which the empathizer understands the addict’s point of view as valid. Empathy is powerful in building trust, and in developing a good relationship with the user, especially if the user’s behavior has lead to judgment and criticism from others in the past. It takes some people a very hard time to have empathy for drug addicts especially if they never had to go through life knowing and loving someone addicted to something as evil as drugs. Then after all the time, sweat and tears of understanding what empathy really means and to finally stop all the negativity and hate towards someone you love and to finally want to help this person you lose them to the power of the addiction. This happens every day to people all over the world, even me, and is a topic that people need to hear and understand.
In fact drugs are being encouraged for anyone in need of it. However in today's society drugs seem to result in chaos rather than stability. It is illegal to take drugs with the exception of prescription drugs. Sadly in our society, drugs are also quickly available for those that want it. Unlike soma, the drugs produce numerous negative aftereffects.
In fact, even with its severe user penalties, the United States still far exceeds the Netherlands for marijuana and cocaine usage where they do not take legal action for possession of pot for personal use (Smith). This means the people who are going to do drugs will do so regardless of the repercussions making the criminalization of such behavior ineffective in reducing the number of users. We can make all the drug busts and user arrests we want until the end of time and it won’t stop people from trying drugs. As long as there is a demand, there will always be a supply (Javdani 376) And let’s not forget about the newest and biggest trend thus far being made and distributed right here in the United States: prescription
Yes September 11 was a sad day for us all and I think that is when the racist profiling began to start up again. There are different races and cultures in every state you go. I think that people just need to get over their hate for other cultures in their communities and learn to live with it. I have never seen so many hard workers until I moved to Arizona and started working with Mexicans. Too many people waste their time and energy putting so much hate into our communities, I think they tend to forget about keeping their own families safe and happy within their comminutes.
This does not even take into account the huge number of drownings, burns, sexual assaults, suicides and homicides that have been averted by the "21" law. Twenty-one was a great victory for MADD and for the nation. Since then we have made great progress, but the problem has not been solved. Underagedrinking is still America's number one youth drug problem killing more teens than all the other illicit drugs combined. And in recent years alcohol-related traffic deaths have crept up for both teens and adults.
Addicts need a lot of good, wholesome support to remain sober and clean. Many agencies offer case management to those with substance abuse issues to keep them in therapy as well as to help with finding living arrangements, employment, and help with food and utilities. The so called “fight on drugs” has focused for far too long on cutting the supply and not the demand. While prevention programs focus on the ill effects of the drugs, the root is still not being addressed. If we work on our children and spot the warning signs and offer therapy and positive role models, we can start to diminish the future demand.
These eye-popping numbers came about for many reasons: mandatory minimum sentences, three-strikes legislation, illegal drugs, gangs, immorality in all its modern forms, the war on drugs, the decline of marriage and families, high rates of recidivism, incarceration of the mentally ill, the decline of capital punishment, problems with the criminal justice system and all the forces pushing tough crime policies. Difficult economic times focus attention on the increasing costs of keeping all these people - 93% of them men - behind bars. Each prisoner costs about $32,000 per year, and the average prisoner does little to offset the cost of confinement. The social costs may be even higher. Breadwinners are lost, families destroyed, more kids grow up without fathers or mothers, welfare costs increase, the entire sex ratio is thrown out of balance and prisoners face grim prospects when released.