Abcarian: Is “California sober” a real thing, or just an excuse to keep getting high?
(I’ll just sit down and write the real news story right now.)
I’m glad they gave this a shot, and I’m glad they’re pushing the point, because we need to look and see what’s really going on here.
From the news report:
The report is one of the first to be issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the U.S. federal government’s National Institutes of Health.
The institute reports about drug abuse in California and drug abuse around the country, and the report comes on the heels of a major study from the UC Davis’ School of Medicine that found that one prescription drug in particular — cocaine — may actually be more prevalent in California than marijuana is.
According to the report, the abuse of cocaine in this state is more than double the rate of abuse of marijuana in this state.
That’s the kind of thing that will make a lot of people angry, a lot of people look at the statistics, and say, “Well, why are we giving it a shot?” But they’re not really giving it a shot.
It’s the same thing with other issues that get a lot of attention. It was a long time ago, but when you look at a problem like drunk driving and drunk driving deaths, you hear a lot of things like, “Oh, it’s a big problem, we need to do something about it,” but they’re not really giving the problem any attention.
But it’s the same thing with sex. Let’s say you walk in and go to the doctor and say, “I’m worried about my libido,” and the doctor responds, “Well, you should probably learn some different positions.” You might wonder, “Why should I care about my libido, when I’m worried about my sex life?” Well, you should. And if you don’t, you should. Because you have been lied to.
You’ve been lied to so many times, it doesn’t even feel real anymore.
So that was
