Glamourizing drug use

[BlackCryptoKnight]

It wasn't too long ago that the theme all over was "Say No to drugs".
These days, you turn on the radio or watch the TV and hear/see songs about "I get high", "High grade", "Purple pills" etc. Why is drug use being glamourized so much these days? Whatever happened to "Just say no"?

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[Drew]

good question bck. i have never taken any form of drugs, not even cigarettes. but i want to know what kind of kicks people get out of these harmful materials.

[Cocoa]

Cause drugs is easily accessible now adays. You can get it for free, no one wants to say NO anymore.

Also when you say drugs do you mean prescription drugs? Cause they can be abused and turned into common drug abuse.

[Drew]

the sad part is, even cleaning products are being used.

[BlackCryptoKnight]

Cause drugs is easily accessible now adays. You can get it for free, no one wants to say NO anymore.

Also when you say drugs do you mean prescription drugs? Cause they can be abused and turned into common drug abuse.

I mean saying no to drug abuse.

Even if drugs are more accessible these days, that still doesn't warrant the widescale advertisements that are going on. Way back when, songs with certain content were banned from the airwaves. Now, in prime time radio you hear all sorts of songs promoting drug use and other unsavory things. When/How/Why did things change so drastically?

[Chris]

This is typical of society's change for the worse ... slowly climatising us to drugs, violence and sex until we're at the point when we don't even realise what is what.

[MiTcHiE]

Chris hit the nail on the head. Society is like that, its similar to when back in the days when being gay was the worst crime in Jamaica, now society has changed and they now have clubs and organisations publicly defending them.

Its a shame society can be like this at times.

[Greatis]

the same question could be asked in regards to the derogatory comments being made about women in songs.

[BlackCryptoKnight]

I can't get used to turning on my radio and hearing them juggle "weed" tunes over and over. I mean, come on now. How are parents supposed to fight that kind of indoctrination from the media?

[BlackCryptoKnight]

Also, in todays age of information on the harmful effects of drugs, alcohol and tobacco, why is it that young people are still blindly picking up these habbits and glamourizing them? Don't they care about their own health?

[Master E]

Everyone one wants to get into the whole hype thing but some are just encorageing* it the wrong way

[BlackCryptoKnight]

Don't people see how these things ruin people's lifes and cause misery for their loved ones?

[nuhsenutten]

not every one is into it.....ive never smoked weed or neother hard drug ...i however made paper cigarettes as all boys do but it stopped there

[Leina]

not every one is into it.....ive never smoked weed or neother hard drug ...i however made paper cigarettes as all boys do but it stopped there

yeah when i was younger i did that but i don't do drugs i don't see how anyone does

[chany86]

well said, Chris and Mitchie and kudos to BCK for bringing this topic up!! There's so much emphasis on Crime in Ja that sometimes its all we hear. but in truth is the darn cocaine and marijuana that driving ppl to do these things. they'll rape then kill a teenager just to steal her cheap NOKIA 5120 (no offence to ne body with that fone, nah call nuh name) just fi sell it fo less than its worth to get a $100 bag a crack. SICK SOCIETY MAN. and these ppl waan legalize ganja!

Lemmie get personal. I had a neighbour who got brought to the MAD house cuz he was so abusive wen he couldn’t find his spliff. Cho! Look pan intelligent Bobby Fray, its no big secret, errbady knows the man is a die-hard crack head now! what a waste of intellect!

[Leina]

well said, Chris and Mitchie and kudos to BCK for bringing this topic up!! There's so much emphasis on Crime in Ja that sometimes its all we hear. but in truth is the darn cocaine and marijuana that driving ppl to do these things. they'll rape then kill a teenager just to steal her cheap NOKIA 5120 (no offence to ne body with that fone, nah call nuh name) just fi sell it fo less than its worth to get a $100 bag a crack. SICK SOCIETY MAN. and these ppl waan legalize ganja!

Lemmie get personal. I had a neighbour who got brought to the MAD house cuz he was so abusive wen he couldn’t find his spliff. Cho! Look pan intelligent Bobby Fray, its no big secret, errbady knows the man is a die-hard crack head now! what a waste of intellect!

my neighbour told me that a man a beg an plead to a woman how him hungry and seh him jus want likke money fi buy a patty and the lady bought the patty for him and he sold the ticket fi buy drugs. Now tell mi what are we going to do with ppl like that in our society?

[BlackCryptoKnight]

What worries me is how the media is marketing drug use as "cool" to the youth of today. I include alcohol in that as well. I still can't believe I hear "weed tunes" on the radio. If the entertainers are promoting drug use, it's no wonder that kids are latching onto these things from earlier and earlier.

Then there's the drinking and the driving... bwoy...

[Greatis]

Rehabilitate them Leina that's the word we need more imput from the government on this. They should be treated like how the mad people are treated. (or should be treated rather). Taken off the street and put into some Asylum

[chany86]

hey BCK, there's a song i thought was catchy. thought it was a love song, and me an my christian frens crooning to it (all ah harmonize good, mumbling the words):

"high grade is going through my head
And that is the reason why my eyes are turning red..."

trus mi man, that man's voice was good. so i can see how ANYBODY christian or non christian coulda have one ah those tunes stuck in them head.

"Marijuana pon di corner, keep mi calmer mek mi smarter"

- a lie from the pit of hell i tell u, i neva met a "smart weedhead" (thas an oxymoron!! no pun intended!) i know i'm young in age but i was taught well to denounce anything that does not improve ppl, including these popular songs and the ppl that uphold such.

[BlackCryptoKnight]

hey BCK, there's a song i thought was catchy. thought it was a love song, and me an my christian frens crooning to it (all ah harmonize good, mumbling the words):

"high grade is going through my head
And that is the reason why my eyes are turning red..."

trus mi man, that man's voice was good. so i can see how ANYBODY christian or non christian coulda have one ah those tunes stuck in them head.

LOL. Sorry, but I can just imagine how you all must have felt when you realized what he was singing about. :rotflm:

You really do have to be careful about what you let influence you.

[Manu]

People are just stupid.....letting a plant or a bottle run their lives....sad sad sad!

[dtgo]

things and times sure have changed :eusa_pray