Detecting Drug and Alcohol Use
We are having some troubles with our media in the United States these days. If you are reading this it can’t be quite that bad but, keep in mind, this might be the only place you will see this note. The problem is not with the amount or the immediacy of information that is provided but the relevancy.
Yesterday someone told me they had been camping recently and two people had overdosed in the campground they were in. One of them was a woman he had been speaking to earlier in the day. He said he was amazed he had missed all the warning signals about what was going on. Apparently the woman exhibited telltale signs of methamphetamine use. He didn’t know what to look for so he missed it.
Could he have done something? Maybe, maybe not. The point for this letter is he didn’t have information related to an all too common ailment in our nation.
He couldn’t spot drug users.
This note isn’t about profiling – so if you’re uptight about ‘government surveillance’ this letter isn’t for you.
Our media is loaded with information about obscure items concerning the President and other items about obscure Congressmen or Congresswomen. We get lots of sports, spotty war reporting and gobs and gobs of ‘entertainment’. These days it’s not a news day if an overdose isn’t thrown in somewhere.
Can you identify a drug user on the street? At your job? Among your friends and acquaintances? How about in your family?
Identifying Methamphetamine Use
https://www.timberlineknolls.com/drug-addiction/meth/signs-effects/
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/meth-treatment/signs-symptoms
Identifying Heroin or Opioid Use
https://www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/signs-symptoms-heroin-use.html
https://www.opiate.com/10-common-signs-of-opiate-addiction/
Identifying Cocaine Use
https://sobernation.com/5-signs-of-cocaine-use/
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/cocaine-treatment/signs
Identifying Marijuana Use
https://www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/signs-symptoms-marijuana-use.html
https://www.addictioncenter.com/drugs/marijuana/symptoms-signs/
Identifying Alcohol Use
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/alcoholism-treatment/symptoms-and-signs
https://www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/signs-symptoms-alcohol-use.html