Drug dealers are running the world, at least, it appears that way when we examine the health issues that Americans, and others around the world, have to interface with due to ongoing health policy issues.
The illegal drug trade has influenced society for many years and has created serious problems in almost every “civilized” community, especially in the west. Drug addiction is a formidable foe, and has caused the downfall of numerous people. Divorce, death, incarceration, social alienation, and much more, are very strong opponents of positive health outcomes.
Illegal drug dealers are some of the richest people on Earth. That industry has devastated certain communities, and the Black community in America has been particularly impacted. Whole communities have been devastated by the illegal drug trade. It has caused broken families, broken health, alienation, and much more. Basically, illegal drugs often present as a vice that is difficult to escape. And one of the reasons the illegal drug trade is so ubiquitous and the source of huge money outlays is the general oppression coming from the powers that be that have kept many Blacks and other non-white individuals in an economic limbo. Essentially, there would probably be fewer drug lords infecting our communities if the economic opportunities would increase.
The important thing to remember about the drug trade is that once a person becomes addicted it will guarantee huge economic gains for the individuals who have chosen to adopt “careers” as drug dealers. It is one of the few methods of resource acquisition that almost ensures economic success if they can survive opposition from other drug dealers.
The foregoing describes one of the problems faced by the drug-distribution industry. The previous discussion singled out illegal drug vendors and the havoc that they spread. There is another kind of drug dealer in our society, however, that can be just as lethal as the illegal purveyor of drugs to the masses, but this group is viewed in a more positive manner than their illegal counterparts: they come under the rubric of legal pharmaceuticals.
The drug industry, both legal and illegal, has an extreme stronghold on the western world, and the United States has not been exempted. Legal drug use has taken over society. In America, there are certain maladies that have victimized citizens to such an extent that they become addicted to legal drugs distributed by legitimate pharmaceutical sources. Interestingly, they are as victimized by the legal vendors as they are by the illegal ones. Those individuals with chronic diseases who become addicted to pharmaceuticals become just as dependent on their medicine as their counterparts who imbibe illegal drugs. In other words, dependency is dependency.
The pharmaceutical drug industry is as wildly economically successful as their illegal counterparts. What this ultimately means is that a huge swath of America is beholden to either illegal or legal drug dealers. The interesting thing about legal drugs is that users can become just as economically victimized by their distributors (pharmaceutical companies) as those who are addicted to the illegal variety. The difference between the two types of addiction is superficial: people take illegal drugs because they make them feel good, or at least, for a moment, while those who take legal drugs have the same goal; they want to feel better.
The problem, however, is that pharmaceuticals don’t seem to be made for “cures” of health anomalies; at this point in our evolution the major trend in pharmaceutical research targets “band aid cures,” those things that will keep a person using it stuck in a holding pattern of perpetual medical limbo that requires constant usage of substances that will only satisfy people as long as they continue to purchase and use them. True healing does not seem to be the desired outcome of healthcare policy today, as evidenced by the huge number of “side effects” resulting from their usage. Hopefully, society is just in a “developmental period” in addressing healthcare that will eventually morph into the discovery of real permanent cures. We should look forward to that day! Aluta continua.
Reprinted from the Chicago Crusader
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