Illegal Drugs and Poverty - the miseries of a society
Posted on Saturday, 27 December 2014
Illegal
Drugs and Poverty –
The
Miseries of a Society
By Apolinario Villalobos
Illegal
drugs and poverty are miseries of a society that breed corruption in a
country’s government and erode the culture and virtues of its people. Illegal
drug start its infection as a mere vice of the indolent portion of the
population until it becomes an extreme psychological necessity for survival. On
the other hand, poverty-stricken populace of a country gets controlled by
corrupt government officials and politicians with the use of money…with such
control driven by helplessness on the former. Worse yet, the money come from
the coffer of the government in most cases.
In the Philippines, there are allegations
that contingents of the New People’s Army based in the north have resorted to
planting marijuana in hidden and almost inaccessible nooks of the cordilleras.
In Mindanao, there are allegations, too, that the Abu Sayyaf Group uses drugs
to lure the youth to expand their membership.
During the campaign period that precedes an
election, buying of votes is no longer discussed discreetly. This corrupt
practice of politicians has become a common subject among electorates, as to
who among the candidates gives the highest bribe. The electoral trend has
become a way of life of the people. Regrets of the people are like cycle,
repetitive and without end, every time winning corrupt candidates assume office
and begin to ransack the government coffer to recoup what have been spent
during their campaign.
Narco-politics have already crept into the
government system of other countries, especially, those in South America.
Poverty has become the face of third world countries. And, corruption that has
developed into the stinking fruit of the mentioned phenomena is ensuing seeds
that are being sowed throughout the world, as shown by drug laboratories
operated by Chinese in the Philippines. The phenomena have become universal
with the use of different nationalities as drug mules or couriers that carry
loads of drugs to unsuspecting countries.
The world is experiencing a tremendous
metamorphosis in all aspects of development in such a fast phase, as if mankind
is in hurry to commit a self-annihilation!
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