America, a Drug Consuming Society

America, a Drug Consuming Society

        

 It is fair to say that America has a drug problem, and it is also fair to say that we are not the only ones in the world with a drug problem.  From time immemorial, the human race everywhere has had a drug abuse problem.  The issue is a matter of degree.  The societies in the United States and many countries in Europe, because of their unprecedented national wealth and their free society systems, have reached a very high level of drug abuse.  The abundance of disposable income available to the average individual in the United States provides them with the uncommon opportunity to afford the cost of frequent recreational drug use.  It is estimated that 60% of all illegal drugs produced in the world are consumed by Americans, who make up 5% of the world's population.

The rampant use of illegal drugs in our society has been substantially responsible for a host of major social problems, the general deterioration of social organization, and the weakening of the basic moral fiber of the nation.  The American people, like people everywhere in the free world, feel powerless and helpless in the face of a drug use epidemic throughout its entire society.  This is the one area of social crisis where people are most likely to say, “There’s nothing that can be done;” this is the one area where we have surrendered the most.  Surrendering is not an option; it is a suicide pact.  Our society has to fight back, but it has to fight smart.  It is not just a matter of tougher law enforcement and better prevention and treatment programs; a new winning strategy with a fundamental revamping of our national drug policy is in order.  The problem does not primarily stem from drug production abroad, and it is not happening because of our inability to detect the sale of hundreds of millions of little bags of dope on street corners; we need to look at our society's demand for drugs and at official corruption at home.  This book aims to suggest a new course of action.

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