Thoughts on this poem about drugs

Got this from a facebook friend and its very true





Hello, my name is DRUGS - I destroy homes, tear families apart, take your children, and that's just the start.
I'm more costly than diamonds, more costly than gold, the sorrow I bring is a sight to behold.
and if you need me, remember I'm easily found, I live all around you, in schools and in town.
I live with the rich, I live with the poor, I live down the street, and maybe next door.
My power is awesome; try me you'll see, but if you do, you may NEVER break free.
Just try me once and I might let you go, but try me twice, and I'll own your soul.
When I possess you, you'll steal and you'll lie. You do what you have to just to get high.
The crimes you'll commit, for my narcotic charms will be worth the pleasure you'll feel in your arms.
You'll lie to your mother; you'll steal from your dad When you see their tears, you should feel sad.
But you'll forget your morals and how you were raised, I'll be your conscience, I'll teach you my ways.
I take kids from parents, and parents from kids, I turn people from god, and separate friends.
I'll take everything from you, your looks and your pride, I'll be with you always, right by your side.
You'll give up everything... your family, your home... your friends, your money, then you'll be alone.
I'll take and take, till you have nothing more to give. When I'm finished with you you'll be lucky to live.
If you try me be warned this is no game. If given the chance, I'll drive you insane.
I'll ravish your body; I'll control your mind. I'll own you completely; your soul will be mine.
The nightmares I'll give you while lying in bed, the voices you'll hear from inside your head, the sweats, the shakes, the visions you'll see; I want you to know, these are all gifts from me, But then it's too late, and you'll know in your heart, that you are mine, and we shall not part.
You'll regret that you tried me, they always do, but you came to me, not I to you.
You knew this would happen. Many times you were told, but you challenged my power, and chose to be bold.
You could have said no, and just walked away, If you could live that day over, now what would you say?
I'll be your master; you will be my slave, I'll even go with you, when you go to your grave.
Now that you have met me , what will you do? Will you try me or not? Its all up to you.
I can bring you more misery than words can tell. Come take my hand, I'll take you to hell!

 

cool poem, thanks for the share.

Did your friend write this poem or just post it on fb?

 

And as hard as it is for 75% of america to face, it more times than not always starts with active weed use.

 

Enjoy the infraction

friend just posted it, didnt write it

Seen this too many times

 

This sounds like a bad anti-drug PSA rap song... I don't know why - maybe the incessant rhyming?

Either way, the message is potent and true.

@Floyd I don't really think weed is a gateway drug (no scientific evidence to support this), and in terms of harm, alcohol's is far greater.

 

I don't need scientific evidence to prove it. Talk to anyone who isn't lying to themselves and more times than not, they started by actively smoking weed. People crave euphoric feelings, some more-so than others and especially adolescents. People don't usually just jump straight into crack man, that's ridiculous to assume. If it's not weed, it's usually something like PKs or something. Usually one or the other, or one after the other.

Also, I'm just going to say about your last statement and we'll leave it at that: Please quit trying to justify one bad thing by saying another bad thing is worse. This isn't even a valid argument.

 

I know right. Despite being (relatively) harmless in its own right when it is used as a gateway drug it can be quite dangerous. Try convincing 1337neo of this -.-

 

makes me really think about my life, even though i only smoke weed haha.

 

I'm sorry, but when you are trying to prove something to be true, scientific evidence is the only thing that matters. People might crave euphoric feelings - but this does not prove that weed leads to other drugs. A generalization about human nature doesn't prove a measurable pattern of behavior. Nor does 'talk to anyone' make a valid argument. Find me a scientific study that affirms weed users often move to other drugs, and I will agree with you.

If you don't have quantitative data that backs up what you're saying, then you have no verifiable way of proving what you say to be true.

You don't need evidence to tell people the sky is blue, but if you want to try and prove that using one drug leads to another and there is no statistical data to hold your position, then you've stepped into faith based reasoning -
that is: I'm believing something even though there's no evidence to prove it.

Personal experiences do not indicate a pattern for all humans. Talking to some drug addicts doesn't indicate a pattern or causation either.

 

Well I think it's filthy. I hate poems in general because I don't really want to take the time to read them and when I do, I get angry because I didn't learn anything except something I can only interpret as a one of those "feelings" humans are supposed to get.

 

Isn't sex the ultimate euphoric feeling? Remember, there was a time when you weren't allowed to have sex until a certain age/marriage?


"I'll take everything from you, your looks and your pride, I'll be with you always, right by your side."

What does a drug user look like? People always said I looked like a druggie in school even though I wasn’t. Part of the problem is society. People always judge you on your appearance and not your intellectual ability.

 

I do agree weed/alcohol/cigarettes can be gateway drugs. They are commom and relatively socially accepted. So you might think whats the harm in trying some pills? You were brought up to fear weed and alcohol and when you see more people then not able to be productive members of society while abusing these drugs you start to think. Maybe what they told me about speed is wrong. Maybe doing opiets only on the weekends isnt so bad. This is what i thought about pills. Thankfully i stoped by the time it got out of hand. I dont do any drugs atm. I do smoke cigs though. I can relate to some things in this poem.

Bottom line drug experimentation is not always bad. You need to be responsible and know when to quit. Sadly that rarely happens and next think you know you're stealing you dying grandmothers pain medication.

 

What kind of "scientific evidence" could I possibly retrieve for you to prove something like that? Then you say quantitative data would suffice. I told you to go out and ask people, that should give you your quantitative data. How about you? What was your pattern in drug use?

Edit: While you're at it, I think the sky is red so why don't you prove to me that it's blue. Seriously.

And what? Do you think I enjoy living in a world littered with 16-17 year old moms? Sex is also something that often affects everyone more than they think. Does it everyone negatively? No. Do I think underage sex should be encouraged? No. Did I do it anyway? Of course. But not once have I ever sat and lied to myself and pat myself on the head for living the way I do.

 

It's fitting. But, I enjoy what I take, and it isn't an addiction. I probally do drugs one a month at the most, but if it don't, I don't become upset or withdraw. I'm totally in control, it's a mental thing. If you use it for fun, it's fine. Don't let it use you.

 

Look up the statistics on how many begin doing hard drugs without trying marijuana first the percentage is fairly low and I feel it's because it gives you the want and access to the harder drugs. OT of the poem it's meaning is strong and true. Narcotics are dangerous and the faster people realize that the less crime and drug related problems the world will have.

 

BUT.

They're so much fun.

 

You'd need a scientific study - whether a survey or an actual study of people who use marijuana or longitudinal study (much more sound scientifically) to determine whether there is a correlation. Causation is much harder to determine as cigarettes, alcohol, or other environmental factors such as IRL stress or life problems might have led to the use of hard drugs.

Asking people is a start, but you'd need to ask A LOT of people - just because you or your friend or someone you talked to used marijuana before any other drug (including alcohol as this may also play a factor since it is a drug as well) doesn't mean it's true or that there is a measurable pattern of behavior.

The sky is blue due to the molecules of gasses in the sky scattering blue light more than any other light wave - this is scientifically provable. If you're seeing red light, then your eyes must have a dysfunction that interprets colors differently than regular people.

"Marijuana as a "Gateway" Drug

Patterns in progression of drug use from adolescence to adulthood are strikingly regular. Because it is the most widely used illicit drug, marijuana is predictably the first illicit drug most people encounter. Not surprisingly, most users of other illicit drugs have used marijuana first. In fact, most drug users begin with alcohol and nicotine before marijuana—usually before they are of legal age.

In the sense that marijuana use typically precedes rather than follows initiation of other illicit drug use, it is indeed a "gateway" drug. But because underage smoking and alcohol use typically precede marijuana use, marijuana is not the most common, and is rarely the first, "gateway" to illicit drug use. There is no conclusive evidence that the drug effects of marijuana are causally linked to the subsequent abuse of other illicit drugs. "

http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/sourcefiles/IOM_Report.pdf


To sum up: correlation does not equate to causation. Even if there are studies (which there are as I discovered during research) that show people who used marijuana early frequently used 'hard' drugs later in life, it does not show that marijuana is the cause.

However, there are studies that show that marijuana is not a gateway to other drugs as well:

http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/4/1/16


At the moment, there isn't enough evidence to support the view that it leads to use of harder drugs. At least - not enough evidence for me.

 

Long, but true. Rhymes nicely as well.

 

@Floyd: I have an opiate dependence due to me being on morphine for a very long time, not due to me smoking weed. I only take the pk like pills the doc gives me when i get the chills, cramps, and all the other shit that comes with it. I still smoke and drink and I'm not "dependent" on it anymore where my body shuts down if I don't got it. It doesn't matter where it stops because If weed was non existent there would be another "lighter" drug people would start off with.

OT: The poem speaks true words, There was a girl from our school who got a full ride to the UofM twin cities and lost it because she was addicted to heroin . All those things the poem speaks about that will happen are true, and it's really sad now that I think about it.

 

Wow it's pretty powerful. I like it.