Think Amsterdam. What do you imagine? Yup, DRUGS. Everywhere you turn there's bound to be a "coffeeshop" lurking close by. Now if you've ever taken a hit of soft drugs and liked it, you would probably LOVE to live here. But here's the problem... you took a hit of drugs... if you're in America, you're breaking the law. Don't you feel like a badass. Now just take another hit, everybody else is doing it right? Actually you're wrong. A national census in 2010 said that 22.6 million people age 12 and older (yes I said 12) are illicit drug users. So, what's the problem with this? Well, for one, there are approximately 308,745,538 people living in the US which means about 14% of the population uses soft drugs illicitly. Secondly, this doesn't even include people younger than 12! Yah, that's right, your little brother or sister who's in what? Like 5th grade could be rolling up a joint every now and then. But still, 14% is too much. Imagine putting all 22.6 million of those people in jail (imagine the kind of tax we'd get on that :o), it's impossible. This is a problem. But wait, imagine all of the culture that has been inspired by people who've been trippin'. Lil Wayne for instance? If you believe he was completely sober when he made some of the songs he did, then you must be trippin' right now! Here's one video that without a doubt was made specifically for potheads...
Kind of cool to watch in the beginning right? This is more culture caused by the use of soft drugs. However, this video is not the problem. It's the fact that these drugs are being used illegally, sold illegally, and imported into the country illegally. So I ask now... what must be done to get people to STOP TRIPPIN'?
My sources came from: dictionary.com National Survey on Drug Use and Health U.S. Census Bureau
