It is obvious that interdiction, stiff mandatory sentences, and more vigorous enforcement of drug laws has failed. The reason is simple. Cause and effect have been reversed. The desire to solve problems by taking drugs is a product of our culture. When a child is taught by loving parents that the appropriate response to pain or discomfort is taking a pill, it is obvious that such a child, when faced with the challenges of adolescence, will seek comfort by taking drugs.
Drugs are dangerous, pushed or prescribed.
More than two million suffer serious side effects. Only heart disease, cancer, and stroke kill more Americans than drugs prescribed by medical doctors. Fewer die from accidents or diabetes than adverse drug reactions. At this point, it is important to point out the limitations of this study. It did not include outpatients, cases of malpractice, or instances where the drugs were not taken as directed.