Drug Free America

Nancy Reagan started the "Just Say No" campaign back in the 80's. I still remember the green logo and all the buttons.

Supposedly this campaign was designed to limit drug use, but frankly, we take more drugs in this country than ever before. Actually, more than anyone else in the world.

A new study just came out showing that U.S. children take 3 times the antidepressants of the children in Germany and the Netherlands.

Do our kids really have that much more to be depressed about than German or Dutch children?

Let's get back to the "Just Say No" campaign.

If we want our kids to just say no, then we need to not indoctrinate them that there is a pill for every problem from birth.

That is what we do when we see a behaviorial issue and put them on Ritalin. That is what we do when we have a sniffle and give them cough medicine. An earache and give them antibiotics. A tummy ache and give them the pink stuff.

The list goes on and on. We are teaching our children that if they have a problem, there is a drug to fix it.

So when they have problems in high school and someone offers them marijuana or worse to "fix it", what do we expect them to do?

We have spent years teaching them there is a drug for every problem. Why is this one any different?

Nancy Reagan was right, "Just Say No".