Illegally Blonde: The Not So Great Approach To Stop Heroin Overdose.

I am about to be on the bad side of a whole lot of people.

I will most likely spend a lot of money on Starbucks gift cards to personally smooth things over with my Community leaders if they read this blog..

But the truth is that..

I CAN NOT gotoanotherCityTownHallmeetinganddiscusstheEmergingHeroinEpidemic In Our “Backyard” anymore!

And this is why…

The community discussion starts with lovely powerpoints and solid statistics of heroin deaths for about 5 minutes….

Then on que..The PTA Mom aka City Counsel Members stand up and remind everyone in attendance that we…MUST…wait for it..here it comes..

“Begin open discussions on how to talk to our kids about bullying, alcohol, and marijuana. We need to have the grandparents more involved and have Saturday safe parties at our high schools…”

 [big sigh]

This type of discussion goes on for the next hour with virtually no mention of Heroin. Just discussing the real evils of “gateway drugs.”

This is how you DONT Reduce The Heroin Epidemic.

It’s at this point during the town hall discussion that I am having sorority chapter flashbacks and thinking…

Are they going to suggest we clean the stream this week in the name of Heroin..

Whythehell was I invited to discuss Heroin Abuse and the rise of Heroin in our Community?

I love my City. I love my Community. They truly do want to make a difference.

But they have no clue what they are talking about.

 Reduction or abstence of alcohol and marijuana has zero direct correlation with the current heroin epidemic.

Reducing alcohol and marijuana would be awesome! Less domestic abuse, child abuse, neglect, pedifiles, murderers, rapist..you name it..but that’s not reality.

Snowflake parents this is pure idelogy!

Stop it with the Michael Jackson ” We Are The World” mentality. It is counterproductive at best.

I know I sound really bitter and snarky. But this is not working people.

 Every kid over 10 yrs old knows exactly how a gun can shoot your arm straight off your body.

It’s time we start teaching our kids about drugs like we do guns. Know what your doing before you pull the trigger. One wrong mistake and you could lose your life.

We have got to stay focused on the real reasons behind heroin addiction.

We are losing this war because of the old lingering ideology of “Just Say No to Drugs Campaign.”

It doesn’t work and the heroin epidemic is growing…

Nobody wants to hear the real truth..

SMOKING POT DOES NOT LEAD TO STICKING A NEEDLE IN YOUR ARM ANYMORE THAN IT DOES TO PUTTING A GUN TO YOUR HEAD.

The only way to fix this problem is to get real and understand this isn’t a drug problem this is a Heroin Problem.

We can help at CLR Counseling Group. We know what works.