HEROIN AND THE RICH AND FAMOUS

Another actor has died of an overdose of drugs. #Philip Seymour Hoffman calls attention to what is happening repeatedly: people who have high incomes die of overdoses and heroin is among the most common agent. When I causally read the news and listen to the TV newscasts, things do not add up. Wholesale drug testing proves out of control Republican governors wrong; those who have it in their mind that drug use and welfare go and in hand. Welfare recipients invariable have very low percentages of use. They are not the big users. In contrast, I commonly hear about star athletes and successful movie actors that have an addiction problem or are in rehab or a have died of an overdose. People tell me that drugs cost lots of money, which means that only rich people can afford to use them. The war on drugs results in huge drug confiscations: not ounces but tons. If drugs are expensive, and the poor are not using them and the rich and successful, are dying of overdoses, then who is the consumer of all of these drugs? The answer seems obvious.

I hear that professional people commonly go to parties where there is an alcohol bars set up along with a drug “bar” with drugs and paraphernalia such as straws and envelopes of cocaine made available. When I ask about marijuana they usually chuckle; everyone carries the own. All of this suggests to me that the real drug culprits in our society—the ones feeding the craze—are professionals, CEO’s, and corporate executives. It would also explain why the “War on Drugs” is not working. Perhaps, law-enforcement agencies should be raiding corporate boardrooms and posh offices, and looking for dealers in high-rise office buildings and not waste time stopping and searching ragtag kids in low-income neighborhoods. I would call your attention to the fact that the Governor’s palaces, the Congress of the United States, and places like Wall Street, Beverly Hills and Silicon Valley, have more people who can afford expensive drugs than ever before.

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