Narcotics Madness

I  believe that too many murders, mass atrocities and other violent crimes have their root causes in drug addiction.  The public should not be forced to put up with the ongoing widespread media blackout that shields us from the truth about drug related crime.

Why do lawyers, judges, doctors, pharmacists and psychiatrists maintain a Code of Silence on this matter?  Is this topic not worthy of examination by professors in our halls of higher learning?

Surely we could be informed about the relationship between specific drugs and their propensity to spawn one type of errant behavior or another.  At one time it was known that the word “assassin” was used to describe a killer under the influence of hashish.  Today we are told that some gambling addicts can attribute this compulsion to the use of a specific Parkinson’s Disease drug.

Why the silence on drugs and their connection to crime?  My guess?  We are living in an addicted world.  Some who could blow this story wide open are themselves hooked either legally or otherwise.  The rest are compelled to remain mute or face the ire of those who are addicted.  Addiction does not take “no” for an answer.