An intolerable hell

By Clemente Ferrer

“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night.”, wrote the poet Allen Ginsberg.

Now drugs, often mixed with alcohol, are wasted by some 48,000 young people between 14 and 18 and announcing serious dangers of getting involved with cannabis and cocaine.

They are 2.2 percent of the population. But the phenomenon is already alarming, producing the aftermath of the lack of memory, abandonment of classrooms and fights, which may be the first signs of the problem. Narcotics are also at the root of the traffic accidents.

The more the drug is consumed, the more it is needed with imperiousness. The seller provides for dupe teenagers, to “take you to paradise,” but he doesnt’ tell that the price to pay is the self-destruction, the physical and mental deterioration and that this a-moment-heaven will become a prolonged and unbearable hell.

The fight against trade and consumption of narcotics, the will to stop this harmful threat to society, which raises the murder, terror and promotes physical and emotional devastation of many mortals, claims a political pact, international cooperation and the assistance of all.

“From the depths of anguish, fear and escapist phenomena, such as drugs, characteristic of the contemporary world, there emerges the idea that the good and happiness are not obtained without the effort and commitment of everyone,” said saint John Paul II.

Author and journalist Clemente Ferrer has led a distinguished career in Spain in the fields of advertising and public relations. He is currently President of the European Institute of Marketing. [email protected]