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Living the high life

For months men and women in blue have been arresting drug dealers, and users on a weekly basis.

They have been shutting down wannabe pharmacists and confiscating their ‘flu medicine so to speak. That sounds like a good thing and it is, but it seems like for every person they arrest, three more pop up in the gap in the market. As if they are on a waiting list.
I wonder if you can study to become a drug dealer. I can only imagine the kind of subjects they would: hiding drugs on your person 101, sales and marketing, and knowing your drugs.

Imagine the collage sports events, instead of hurdles they do fence jumping, or instead of wrestling they do resisting arrest. It is a nice thought for a stand-up comedy act, but my brain likes to step back and see the bigger picture, although it is slightly blurry because it is short sighted.

What does it mean for a city that is infested with drugs? I am not a social analyst, so I am not going to look at statistics, or demographics. The effects drugs are having on eMalahleni are plainly visible. Addiction could affect somebody you know at work, maybe a neighbour’s teenage son or daughter, a relative maybe a cousin, an uncle or a nephew…you.

Do these people walk down the road to wherever they buy their daily fix and think to themselves, “My life is so much better thanks to crack. If only everyone knew how healthy and motivated I feel. Thank you crack, and thank you shady drug dealer for providing such a necessary service.”

The money the municipality blows on whatever they are not supposed to, is nothing compared to the money that people pay to buy drugs.

This is serious business, serious business indeed. Don’t be afraid to report someone if you think they are selling more than just “milk powder” from the their back door, Don’t be afraid to call that rehab clinic or ask help, because the fact is you cannot get over it by yourself and most importantly (I think this piece of advice might fall on deaf hears) don’t be part of the problem.

Selling drugs is not a career path. If you think you have a talent for carrying a gun and looking suspicious, try becoming a professional Grand Theft Auto video game player, actually that is worse.

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