We Need to Stop the Spread of Drugs from Reaching Kids and Teens!

Drugs are running rampant in our country. People are getting hooked on drugs all around the country and it isn’t just on the streets or in run down buildings people find drugs. Drugs can be found in schools, rich communities, and people in the public eyes can be found using drugs. It is because drugs are so dangerous that laws are being passed to stop drugs around the country. I think that another way to keep drugs at bay is to educate kids while they’re young.

Drug dealers are getting smarter. They know that if a person is younger they are easier to trick. They know that kids who are quiet, polite or extremely smart are less likely to be suspected of taking drugs. The fact that drug dealers target kids by making drugs look like candy means there smarter than we think. If drug dealers are getting smart enough to know these things, then I feel that we also need to get smarter about drugs.

How can we say that drugs are being kept under control if drugs like Cheese (crushed nighttime cold tablets laced with heroine) or Strawberry Quick (strawberry flavored and scented, red colored meth) can be found in large quantities all over the country but in the largest quantities they are found in the west? Drug dealers sell kids drugs like Strawberry Quick just because they look like candy or a powdered form of crystal meth as an energy drink mix and we can’t find them. Like Special Agent Wyatt of the North Texas police department said, “these are evil drug dealers targeting our kids” (Trahan).

There are precautions being set up to stop drugs from reaching kids, and to get those who try to sell drugs to kids to serve a longer time. A new law has been set that puts any conspirators of selling a minor a drug on trial with a double or triple sentence (Trahan). This law will help put more people in jail and keep drugs off the street. This law will help kids stay off of drugs.

If you knew what the drug Strawberry Quick looked like would you do it? Your answer should be no. It is because some people can’t say no to the drug or because they don’t know what it looks like that they get hooked on it. So what could we do to get more kids to say no to drugs is educate them about what they look like and what drugs can do to you. If a five year old saw what meth does to the way you look I promise you they wouldn’t do meth ever in their life. Education in combination with laws is the key to stopping drugs from getting to kids.

Trahan, Jason. “Drug dealers' gimmicks target kids: Strawberry meth hasn't hit locally in a big way, but police are on lookout.” Dallas Morning News 10May, 2007. InfoTrac OneFile. July 2007