https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSBxeEuIVjs
I selected this video for my first blog as it gives the readers the foundation of what the social issue in my ISU book, "Go Ask Alice" is. The social issue in my book is how society discriminates people who take drugs. While watching the video you realize that we shouldn't talk bad about people who take substances but rather we should help them, because they might be taking drugs do to certain reasons and they might not know on how to cope with it so they choose the pathway of drugs. The video shows some reasons (family, social life, school/professional life, and health) to why teens are taking drugs. the video gives a view of what the teens are feeling unlike some other videos that I watched previously, which showed that drugs always result to bad people. This "light" is also shown in "Go Ask Alice" as the main character starts to take drugs due to social life and family issues. She feels all alone.
However, one thing to keep in mind is that we should not pity the drug users even though they are usually described as fragile, lonely, and scared. There are some in the world who decided to do this by choice and may have no reason to why they are doing this. If we do start accepting this then might as well accept Nazi's because if everyone in society thinks that drugs are good and everyone should take drugs. We might as well think that what the Nazi's did was good even though it might have been one of the greatest genocides in history. This is because society can not always make people feel accepted and that is because every human being has a tendency to judge. Overall, this video is saying that rather than judging or pitying drug users we can help them with coping to life's struggles.
It is true that often when a person turns to drugs they do it for certain reasons, thus we should try to help them. Yet, my teacher once said that no matter how much you try to make someone stop doing a certain drug they cannot, because of the addiction. If you try to make someone stop, you can most likely get hurt. This is because when someone is in the influence of a drug they begin to crave it, they want it in their bloods. Also, when they are under the influence they have no sense of direction, so they can cause great harm. Overall, it is true that we must help those who are taking drugs, because they might find escape from them. But, it is also important that you do not try to help everyone, because sometimes the only people that can make someone stop is their family.
ReplyDeleteYes Mahida, it is true that when they are addicted it is not easy to stop them but then again there is always help. However, only help is available if they are wanting to stop abusing them. It takes oneself time to do soul searching and really evaluate themselves in order to find courage again, as becoming sober is not an easy thing.
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