Drugs : Highly Seductive, But Not Worth the Trouble

Go Ask Alice, a real diary, is about a teenage girl, who remains anonymous throughout the story. She experiences drugs for the first time, and becomes addicted, trying more and more types of drugs, such as pot and heroin. She runs away from home several times, seeking a new life, but in the end, gets sucked back into the world of drugs. To quote the teenager in question, she states that“After you’ ve had it, there isn’ t even life without drugs. It’ s a prodding, colorless, dissonant bare existence.” Additionally, she commits vulgar acts, such as losing her virginity while under the influence of drugs, selling drugs to elementary school students, becoming a prostitute to earn drugs, and eventually being incarcerated in an insane asylum.

During her entire experience, she writes all of her accounts in a diary, the only“friend” that is willing to listen to her problems. However, after she returns home from the asylum, she pledges to stop taking drugs and lead a steady life, while possibly seeking romance the right way. Unfortunately, she dies three weeks after she decided to no longer keep a diary, the cause being unknown. The editors of this diary state, however, that the cause of her death is not important, but the fact that she was one of thousands of drug deaths that year should be the main concern.

However, stronger police enforcement on the illegal drug market may not be easily achieved. In some states of the United States, marijuana has become legalized, for both medical and recreational use, according to News.Mic. In addition, organized crime groups, in response to the legalization of drugs, may act more violently for more control over the black

market, according to Brookings. Police enforcement, in order to be effective, needs to reduce violence associated with drug trafficking and punish illegal behavior and corruption, according to Brookings.