Addiction Recovery

The United States is a nation overflowing with junkies and drug dealers.  If you doubt this is true, how else can you explain new statistics that show that there is one drug bust in the U.S. every 18 seconds.  That means that there are an average of three drug busts every single minute of every single day in America.

Has the war on drugs failed?     

The F.B.I. has released the Uniform Crime Report for 2008, and it does not paint a pretty picture.  According to the report, there were 1,702,537 drug arrests in 2008, and 82.3 percent of those arrests were for possession of a contraband substance.

What does it say about a nation when there are 1.7 MILLION drug arrests in that country per year?

44 percent of the arrests were for possession of marijuana.  This is prompting many pot advocates to once again call for marijuana legalization.  For example, NORML director Allen St. Pierre released a media advisory in which he made this statement: "Present enforcement policies are costing American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars, ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and having no impact on marijuana availability or marijuana use in this country. It is time to end this failed policy and replace prohibition with a policy of marijuana regulation, taxation, and education."

But the reality, as we have previously covered, is that marijuana is a highly addictive, very dangerous substance.  If it was legalized it is very likely that crime and traffic accidents would increase significantly.

But illegal drugs are only part of the story when it comes to America's love affair with drugs.  The truth is that millions of Americans are completely addicted on legal prescription drugs, and thousands of doctors push them on their patients knowing full well that they are highly addictive and dangerous.

However, as we have previously written, there is hope for prescription drug addicts just as there is for illegal drug addicts.  There are some prescription drugs addictions that are incredibly difficult to beat, but the truth is that any addiction can be beat if you are willing to fight.

But what causes addiction in the first place?  The reality is that for most people they are trying to feel better or trying to escape or trying to fill a gaping hole in their lives.  Life is hard, and if you don't have a relationship with God, then there will always be that temptation to turn to something when things don't go well.

We invite you to learn the true secret to lasting joy and peace.  There is nothing quite like knowing that your life has real meaning.  Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins so that you can have a relationship with the God of the universe that will last forever.  To learn more, we invite you to check this out.....

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