Drug Response for Sociology

Please reflect on your relationship to drugs both legal and illegal and the role they play in your life...do you think Americans are too dependent on prescription drugs and/or illegal substances? Why/why not?

In general, drugs are not friends. Sure a lot of drugs, legal and illegal, help people feel better about themselves and help them feel better health wise, but it is not natural and can even end up being unhealthy in the long run. Ingesting a drug into your body is like ingesting chemicals to put your body in a more “comfortable” state for the situation, but doing this instead of dealing with things, healing and adapting naturally these drugs can actually have an unhealthy effect on the body. The body becomes dependent on these substances and that’s when it isn’t good. How can it be a good thing for someone to need to smoke to feel relaxed and calm, how can it be good for your body to need a prescribed pain killer over and over again to hide the pain while the problem is actually still there. In my life I am around drugs similar to these just mentioned and I understand why people may do it or take these things occasionally and I even have myself, but that does not make it right or okay. It is only okay to a certain extent and that still even applies to only a select few drugs, but I think drugs generally are dangerous, both legal and illegal. I understand how people may think drugs are their friends in the moment and it can temporarily solve a problem, but in the end the original problem is still there when the medicines run off and then you can be left with an even greater problem. The dependency of these drugs is growing throughout the country though and people are living their everyday lives on account of being under the influence. People live like this and escape their pain this way because it is the easy way out and seems harmless, but there are better ways to get rid of stress and pain and other ailments without the use of drugs. Drug abuse is normal...