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I write
about addiction because it is my story, and so many young men and women can
relate to this disease. Lives are in ruin because the aftermath is always
prison or death. Even if an addict lives, his or her soul no longer breathes.
In the United States, there are hotlines, clinical care, rehab facilities, and
communities like AA and NA to assist any alcoholic or abuser. I cannot speak
for other countries, though. With narcotics as king, the Philippine president
is under pressure to perform. His sweat is showing.
The New York Times reports on President
Rodrigo Duterte and his callous remarks towards addicts and the Jewish. After
he returns from his Vietnam trip, he states “Hitler massacred three million
Jews. Now there is three million, there’s three million drug addicts. There
are. I’d be happy to slaughter them.” The Holocaust did not kill three million
people. The Holocaust is responsible for six million deaths. Before Duterte
slices courtesy with his thoughts, he needs to sharpen his knife first.
He believes
that no more addicts means no more addiction. He can entertain that sick
fantasy from sun to moon, but the eradication of a generation will not solve
the problem. Drugs will always lurk behind the shadows of normality, but drugs
are not the main culprit. Environment, genetic predisposition, and life
experiences are the three factors in question. Genocide is not the answer to
that question. Forget Vietnam. Duterte should visit Germany.
Source:
Duterte, Citing Hitler, Says He Wants to Kill
3 Million Addicts in Philippines by Felipe Villamor http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/world/asia/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-hitler-drugs.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
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