Paul Kantner once said, "If you can remember anything about the sixties, you weren"t really there." I feel this same way when talking to my peers about social gatherings, concerts and sometimes, even school. It is hard to have a conversation about last weekend without hearing, "I was so drunk," or "I don't know, I was really high." People at my professional workplace seem to have no problem asking me if I could get them an ounce of weed- presumably, because I'm young. Drugs are not surrounding our culture, or society or our media as a whole; they are smothering...
I have to admit, there is not a single thing an outside force could do to change my habits. And through talking to my friends, they all say "ditto." There is one thing that our politicians, our government, our parents, and our teachers need to remember- without a common goal we will never solve the problems caused by drugs. Without a common goal people will still sneak through the cracks, people will still overdose, people will still sell to kids and I will still have my 15 drinks a weekend. Without a common goal our virtuous fight will fail.