I was reading up on my international news when an article caught my eye, describing a botched drug deal “involving an estimated 20 kilograms of marijuana”, escalating into a fire fight that left the entire populace of Mexico, 111 million citizens dead. It makes me wonder, why was a tiny bit of weed so desirable to these people, that they were pushed to commit genocide on their own nation? Why don’t we see these types of violent backlash regarding other additives, the legal highs of caffeine or alcohol? I’ll tell you exactly why. It’s ‘cos all the girls dig bad boys.
It’s a proven fact that you always want what you can’t have, that the chase makes the result so much sweeter. You see drugs, being illegal and all, have that same unattainable nature as that loner kid. The one your friends tell you to stay away from but that you think you can change, so you keep chasing him and chasing him until you see some results. Do you see where I’m going with this? It’s that which we cannot attain that we strive for the hardest, that we chase with more vigour than anything else, that same vigour that can turn a bad situation into tragedy.
That’s really what this is, a tragedy. An entire nation dead at the hands of those few chasing that which could not be reached, choosing to give their lives for a little taste of that sweet, sweet kool-aid. The massacre of a prosperous nation was the result of a measly bag of drugs. I hope this is a lesson to all of you chasing the dragon. Choosing illegal drugs over the legal alternative will only end in heartbreak. Because, to quote a certain Mr Mackey, “drugs are bad. You shouldn’t do drugs. If you do them, you’re bad, because drugs are bad, m’kay. It’s a bad thing to do drugs, so don’t be bad by doing drugs, m’kay, that’d be bad."
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