Who, what, where, and when best most effective ways for activist rallies to address the problem of illegal counterfeit drug overdose victims?
The Chicago Tribune article titled: Counterfeit prescription pills loaded with fentanyl a growing menace in overdose crisis. ‘It scares the hell out of me.’, contained a photo of a victim’s mother with the following caption:
“,,,,,,,,,,speaks at a rally with other people pushing for aggressive drug-induced homicide prosecutions on Oct. 23, 2021, in New Lenox. “
The Purpose of This Post
Is to relate and ancient wisdom verses to this issue conundrum.
King Solomon,
“For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun” (9:5,6 – ASV)
What’s My Point?
There is currently a political movement ‘progressing’ to define drug addiction as a disease instead of a choice.
Who”
My point is if it is a disease to question who are drug addicts being infected; from or with?
What?
If it is a choice, to question what is being done to teach victims before they die and “dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.”
When?
And if it is either of the above disease or choice, when is the best most effective way to rally to prevent victims understanding ‘that they shall die,” and “the memory of them is forgotten?”
Where?
And yes, where should victims be taught the wisdom of this Bible verse so they can discern who to avoid obtaining the disease or making a foolish choice that may result in death?
In My Opinion,
Activists should rally against voters and legislators who continue to support schools from teaching the Wisdom and Love in the Bible as I commented to a blogger post titled: Are we ready to tell the next generation about God?
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old, they will not turn from it. (Proverb 22:6)
If Interested
Read the Source Links below.
You Decide
Would school choice or school vouchers to allow parents to choose their religious values to their children to obtain the wisdom and love described in my comment to the blog writer below, be a more effective method to prevent or reduce drug overdose victims’ deaths choices for both body and souls?
Should we vote for empty suit legislators who listen to activist’s rally about drug overdose victims who are unable to discern the who what when and where of the source of the problems?
Comment
Michael,
The message has become diluted over time because of free public schools vs. private school tuitions becoming unaffordable or undesirable by parents who never attended a private religious school.
Sad that the news is filled with articles about activists attempts to obtain more money to solve social problems that in my opinion would never occur in the first place if generations had been taught ….in depth, religious beliefs of wisdom and love.
Notice I say …in depth…. Because part of religious training is being practical discipline needed in life in hopes to obtain entry into our next life. And as you know from your previous post ‘If I were the devil’, strategy entices ill prepared youth generations,
Frankly, I am still amazed at what I experienced watching a jeopardy TV show and all three super smart contestants did not know the answer to the question.
“What was the name of the Queen who visited King Solomon?”
Sad, they could answer numerous trivial questions they obviously learned in school, universities, TV, Radio, news, but did not know a Bible story of who was considered to be the wisest man in the world.
What does that imply about being taught the story of Jesus Christ teachings of Love.
Sad.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
Source Links
Chicago Tribune
Disease or Choice
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/rehab-guide/is-drug-addiction-a-disease
Addiction Disease
https://archives.drugabuse.gov/blog/post/addiction-disease
Are We Ready to Tell the Next Generation?
Solomon’s Reflections on Death (9:5,6 – ASV) Writers Opinions
https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/985-solomons-reflections-on-death
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Thanks for the link and for your insightful comments. Blessings.
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Though I’ve not been personally affected by the opioid addiction/overdose crisis, I have suffered enough unrelenting ACE-related hyper-anxiety to have known, enjoyed and appreciated the great release upon consuming alcohol and/or THC. I further understand the callous politics involved with this most serious social issue: Just government talk about increasing funding to make proper treatment available to low- and no-income addicts, however much it would alleviate their great suffering, generates firm opposition by the general socially and fiscally conservative electorate. Therefore most, if not all, political candidates will typically, tragically avoid this hot potato at election time. Also, the lives of addicts may still be considered disposable, especially by governmental bean-counters and other decision-makers.
There’s a preconceived notion that substance (ab)users are but weak-willed and/or have somehow committed a moral crime. Ignored is that such intense addiction usually does not originate from a bout of boredom, where a person repeatedly consumed recreationally but became heavily hooked — and homeless, soon after — on an unregulated often-deadly chemical that eventually destroyed their life and even those of loved-ones.
Serious psychological trauma, typically adverse childhood experiences, is usually behind a substance abuser’s debilitating lead-ball-and-chain self-medicating. The addiction likely resulted from his/her attempt at silencing through self-medicating the pain of serious life trauma or PTSD. Furthermore, we know that pharmaceutical corporations intentionally pushed their very addictive and profitable opiate pain killers — I call it the real moral crime — for which they got off relatively lightly, considering the resulting immense suffering and overdose death numbers.
I’ve found that, in this world, a large number of people, however precious their souls, can tragically be considered disposable by others. Then those people may begin perceiving themselves as worthless and consume their addictive substances more haphazardly. Although the cruel devaluation of them as human beings is basically based on their self-medicating, it still reminds me of the devaluation, albeit perhaps subconsciously, of the daily civilian lives lost (a.k.a. “casualties”) in protractedly devastating civil war zones and sieges. At some point, they can end up receiving just a meagre couple column inches in the First World’s daily news.
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Thank you for your thoughtful comment and opinion.
I understand how anyone once introduced to any drug that affords either mental or physical relief in life can become addicted. Once addicted to a drug is no simple task to break away from the cycle of addiction.
For some lucky enough to have had a mentor in their youth teach or nurture them of the dangers of drug addictions, providing they listen, they are lucky indeed.
And as King Solomon observed and wrote the following verse.
“I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.”
(Ecclesiastes 9:11)
In my opinion and observations at my age of 81, everyone I know who became addicted to illegal drugs in life have passed away,
Why some are lucky, wise or foolish, or inherited great genes in life is beyond my comprehension.
However, religious faith and observence to break away from sad life foolish choice and experiences has been successful to those lucky enough to seek and find it in their lives, in my opinion.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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Very thoughtfully stated. Thanx.
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