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100% agree it should be treated as a medical condition. Same with alcoholism. When we talk about illegal drugs is not the user thatās the problem itās the drug dealer and our failed society. The societal problems we have today is due to my opinion left-wing politics and neoconservatism. We have the governor of California saying āitās OK to get highā instead of telling young men to be strong, work out, start a family that kind of stuff.
When we have politicians and celebrities saying āitās OK to be single and lonely and use drugsā, thatās a recipe for disaster. The degenerate way of Hollywood, the film industry, our media pumping out anti-American propaganda doesnāt help anything. Films used to be productive, informative and genuinely good for the country. Now we have BLM and radical feminism harming Hollywood and their message is a bad influence on society.
Due to a life altering car accident I take prescription tramadol a Pain medication. I believe itās not as strong as morphine or other pain medicationās. Before my accident I was a lifelong weed smoker and Iāve quit that. Tho I was told to try āmedical marijuanaā and I did after my accident and it did no good. It was really bad and frankly I donāt wanna smoke weed. I donāt like the look of it. Not for me. Itās not the image I want.
Iām considering stopping tramadol ā¦.it comes with side effects. I get really bad pain though. Iām looking into different stretching techniques and exercises but itās a challenge.
As for illegal narcotics or getting high for fun ..In the middle of the 20th century before the hippie movement, hard-core drug use was not a popular thing in this country. It was a much better society in those days.
Drug Trends Prior to 2000
Drug abuse has plagued the American continent since the 1800s, when morphine, heroin, and cocaine were hailed for their amazing curative properties. By the mid-20th century, however, illicit drug use was all but eradicated in the U.S. through focused national and global suppression of the industry. All this changed in the 1960s, when many new and exotic drugsāsuch as hallucinogens, amphetamines, and marijuanaābecame more readily available.
The proliferation of these substances birthed many government agencies, all commissioned to counter the scourge of illegal drugs. These bureaucracies, in turn, needed statistical information in order to effectively understand the scope of their task. In due course, they discovered that:
Between 1980 and 1984, first-time cocaine users averaged 1.3 million per year.
By 1994, this number dwindled to 533,000.
In 1995, 5,000,000 Americans confessed to smoking marijuana on a frequent basis.
In 1996, the Office of Drug Control Policy detected an increase in heroin use among youth and young adults.
Between 1992 and 1993, 5.5% of pregnant women per year took some form of illicit drug.ā
https://drugabuse.com/addiction/history-drug-abuse/
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