As if you don’t have enough problems already you’re about to get another one. Yes that’s right Liver disease, pancreatitus, jail, loss of life, loved ones well of course I could go on and on. Be it a DUI or the myriad of other potential issues drinking to excess and on a regular or even daily basis may cause, you’re about to get tested by anyone who may have the authority to do so to see just how much you’ve had in the past few weeks.
This was mind-numbing (pun intended) news when I read it. The good old USofA my country tis of thee is consuming extraordinary amounts of pain medication up 90%. Hundreds of thousands of pounds (about 300mgs for every single American) worth of some very potent narcotics has been proscribed over the past ten years.
Do Americans (and others) who use illegal drugs have the blood of the victims of the drug trade on their hands, even though the substances’ very prohibition is a major reason for the spillage? Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson, an economist at Grove City College, believes so and has laid down a challenge to libertarians in particular who, while correct about the major reason behind the violence inherent in the illegal drug trade, believe that drug usage is a victimless crime.