Editorial

Overdose
Death caused by over dose. This has been said so many times in our society that it seems normal. How can have such a horrible addiction that you die from it be considered normal? It shouldn’t be. Drug abuse is not a new thing. It is a very common thing, and it needs to be put to a stop. Most teenagers today think that “just taking one hit” or “just trying drugs” isn’t a big deal. When in reality that one hit or one time can truly ruin your life.
Corey Haim died March 10 because of a drug overdose. His addiction started in his teenage years, like so many addictions do. One reason teens start using drugs is to “get away from life”. Being stressed out and having issues at home or with friends is always a hard thing to deal with. Well some teens deal with it in a healthy way by exercising, drawing, writing, or just taking time to relax every once in a while. Others turn straight to drugs when they become stressed. Using drugs one time when you are stressed will become your way of coping with the stress. That can easily become an addiction. Yes, we are all stressed, but putting deadly toxins into our bodies to get us high is obviously not an expectable way to cope with that.
A 17 year old girl, whose story about being addicted to heroin was on theantidrug.com, said “The hardest thing for me is remembering what life was like before I started using drugs”. Imagine not being able to remember any of your childhood, any of your favorite memories with loved ones, barley being able to remember what you did the night before. Not only are you losing memories but you are losing people. You’re Drifting away from your closest friends, and your family. There are no good out comes to using drugs. Just an addiction that can lead you to your death…nothing is worth that.
In our nation today drug use is on the rise right now, there needs to be a rise of ways to prevent drug use from happening. People need to know there are better options then drugs. Like the vision of the program To Write Love on Her Arms says, “We live in a difficult world, a broken world…life is hard for most people most of the time. We believe that everyone can relate to pain, that all of us live with questions, and all of us get stuck in moments. You need to know that you're not alone in the places you feel stuck… The vision is the possibility that your best days are ahead. The vision is the possibility that we're more loved than we'll ever know. The vision is hope, and hope is real. You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story.” Drugs are not the answer. This problem needs to be stopped.