Drug Abuse

Drug abuse is one of the most serious problems facing human civilization right now. Helping to create a drug free human civilization is one of the objectives of me, my websites and my businesses. It is one of the facets of holistic human nature and civilization.

When human beings take drugs, the drugs upset the natural and healthy balance of chemicals in the body. The drugs flow through the circulatory system to every cell in the body. The most important way the drugs degrade human consciousness is by deranging the recipe of neurotransmitters in your central nervous system.

Pharmacology

For example, alcohol mimics the neurotransmitter dopamine. The alcohol molecule fits into the dopamine receptors in the synapses, the points where neurons contact each other in an incredibly complex and vast array of patterns from which human consciousness arises. So, not only do the alcohol molecules cause the drunkenness, when neurons sense that the dopamine receptors are already occupied they stop manufacturing dopamine, which causes a very severe and possibly even deadly, withdrawal syndrome.

Cocaine occupies the seratonin re-uptake receptors so that neurons can’t reabsorb the seratonin molecules released into the synapse when certain neurons fire. This leaves a cloud of seratonin floating around and again, the neurons stop producing seratonin in response to the excess seratonin they sense floating around them.

The THC in marijuana mimics the neurotransmitter Anandamide. Most drugs primarily affect the limbic system, which is the seat of human emotion. Our emotions are the roots of our motives, which are intimately associated with our will. The drugs take control of our will, which is extremely harmful to our human nature, destroying our creative freedom.

Most of the Anandamide receptors, on the other hand, are located in the brain stem, which generates our heartbeat and breathing, etc., and the reproductive system. When people use heroin they don’t feel pain, when they use marijuana they feel the pain, they just don’t care.

I’ve also read that using marijuana causes the synapses to spread apart, weakening the connection between neurons, contributing to the disorganized thinking and degradation of memory. These descriptions of the pharmacological effects of THC match and explain the well known sociological and behavioral effects of acute (intoxication) as well as chronic symptoms of using THC.

Sociology

Drug trafficking is the most violent crime. Abusing these drugs is having a very profound influence in the midst of human nature and civilization. Not only are they devastating the individual human beings who are using them and their families and friends, they are also influencing the progress of human civilization in very harmful ways.

We have severe penalties for driving while intoxicated, and rightly so. What are the result of parenting while intoxicated, or managing a business, of serving as a leader in government or any other human activity. Abusing drugs is very harmful to human nature, individually and collectively.

Drug abuse is one of the worst plagues in human history. The destruction of our families, caused by drug abuse, is an aspect of the destruction of human nature and civilization. Poverty and homelessness are obvious and rampant consequences of drug abuse. Recreational drugs are chemical weapons, that taste really good and cause insanity and death when used as intended.

Using drugs for legitimate medical reasons under the care of a qualified physician is, of course, natural and healthy. The pharmacological effects of drugs can be used to help people in certain circumstances. Most illness is a result of chemical imbalance in the human organism. Sometimes drugs can be used to restore a healthy balance.

In my opinion, drugs and surgery should be used as a last resort. They are a violently invasive means of treating illness, which often has side effects that are worse than the original disease. The body will usually heal itself, if is treated respectfully and given the right natural resources it needs to grow healthy.

Solutions

Integrated medicine is the best medicine. Eat natural, healthy, whole food, not processed food. Use the ancient, natural health care to stay healthy. Exercise. Talk to your naturopathic doctor (ND). Better yet, listen to him or her. He or she will teach you how to be as healthy as you can be. If your ND recommends that you take medicine or see an MD and have surgery, then do so. Consult with your naturopathic doctor first.

We, the people of earth, are beginning to realize the harmful effects that drug abuse has on individual human beings and on human civilization as a whole. We are taking action to slow down, stop and eventually, completely and permanently eliminate drug abuse. Earth is a drug free zone.

The United Nations, Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention, is measuring the problem. The small office of people consults with medical and law enforcement agencies in all countries, sharing ideas about how to prevent and stop drug abuse and interdict drug trafficking.

We educate children not to abuse drugs, starting early, before they start using any harmful substance. We have a diverse assortment of treatment models for treating people already infected with addiction, including voluntary and court ordered treatment. We have law enforcement agencies at all levels, from local to global, cooperating in a global effort to interdict the drug trafficking industry. And we have military forces interdicting drug trafficking on an international scale.

DO NOT ABUSE DRUGS! Using drugs degrades human consciousness, both acutely and chronically. Being intoxicated is a degraded state of consciousness. Much of the damage the drugs cause to the human organism is permanent. Alcohol and tobacco are extremely harmful, poisonous substances. All drug abuse is devastating to the people who abuse them and to the people around them. We are all responsible for healing this very severe affliction.

Human consciousness is the apex of the evolution of life on earth. It is the difference between civilized human beings and wild animals. Abusing drugs destroys that human consciousness.

Do what ever is good for you, not anything that is harmful. Practice harmlessness and helpfulness.

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