Who in America is asking, “Why?” Why are Americans so sad?

Richard Rodriguez said (on PBS in 2008):

The economies of Afghanistan and Bolivia, of Southeast Asia have been distorted by the appetite for drugs in first-world countries. Third-world despair meets post-modern despair in the movement of drugs.

Mexico is different only to the degree that it exists within the gravitational force of the largest drug-using economy in the world. U.S. officials estimate that as much as $15 billion a year flows from the United States to Mexican suppliers.

Mexican officials point out that most of the cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamines, and heroin in Mexico is destined for points north, not for domestic consumption.

Who in America is asking, “Why?” Why are Americans so sad?

We need drugs to escape loneliness. We need drugs to tolerate company. We need drugs to feel and drugs to keep from feeling. We need drugs to fall asleep and drugs to get out of bed. Why?

Our politicians, and moviemakers, and Evangelical ministers, and doctors, and professors are not asking that question of America. (read more here)

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