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<p><strong><b><font size=2 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;font-weight:normal'>I read this in one of
my Pharmacy Trade Journal Publicatons and since it was posted as anonymous I
stole it. I enjoyed it & I hope ya’ll do too. <G><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><strong><b><font size=2 color="#333333"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;font-weight:
normal'>Eddie</span></font></b></strong></st1:PersonName><strong><b><font
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<p><strong><b><font size=1 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#333333'> My Drug Problem (Anonymous
Submission)</span></font></b></strong><font size=1 color="#333333"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:#333333'>The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a
methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county
and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn't we have a drug problem
when you and I were growing up?"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:#333333'>I replied I had a drug problem when I was young: I was
drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and
funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the
weather.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:#333333'>I was drug by my ear when I was disrespectful to adults.
I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie,
brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the
teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything
that was asked of me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:#333333'>I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed
out with soap if I uttered a profanity. I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's
garden and flowerbeds and cockleburs out of dad's field.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:#333333'>I was drug to the homes of family, friends and neighbors
to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the
clothesline, or chop some firewood, and if my mother had ever known that I took
a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the
woodshed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:#333333'>Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my
behavior in everything I do, say, or think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack,
or heroin; and, if today's children had this kind of drug problem, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> would
be a better place. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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