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I just got sick of all the shady people and their amoral ways.

Very well said. Drugs and alcohol affect your judgement and you become willing to do things you would not do if you are sober. Glad you made it through it. I had similar experiences although not in any kind of low income environment.

I often think that where previous generations had WWII or Korea, my generation's cross to bear was the large scale introduction to drugs to this country. When I was growing up parents knew nothing, which meant that as children, were totally defenseless against it.

I think the problem is that now parent's expect the government to protect their children from drugs. Katrina should tell us otherwise. Parents are responsible for this and are actually better equipped since they know something about the drugs my parents did not.

They were cowards who couldn’t face life as the harsh struggle that it is.

I was lucky in that it never interfered with my ability to acheive at work or school, but I saw many that were.

My whole belief about the way the WOD has evolved is that that overall, the cure is worse than the disease, and its time to try another approach.

Very true about the parents being the first line of defense against drug abuse,not the government.
Yet in the hood,responsible adults are few and far between.Even in wealthy areas,too many parents are away from home far too much and the kids are ineptly raising themselves.