Every parent and teenager in America needs to read and comprehend this news story.
Whether you think it's fair or unfair, we are a nation of laws, and more and more states are prosecuting 'would-be' drug dealers for murder if their 'so-called' client dies from the dope.
In short, as reported by the Daily Mail, a 17-year-old Missouri boy allegedly sold some ecstasy to a 16-year-old girl which happened to be laced with fentanyl, and she died.
From the report, the boy got the pill from a higher-up dealer in a mailbox, supplied it, and then walked the girl via text through taking the drug, such as snort half now, wait, if no effect, snort the rest, etc.
From the tone, it appears to be experimental drug use in America's youth.
There is a mixed response from the 1,000+ comments on the news report. Some comments focus on the fact she chose to take the drugs, and others on the fact she wouldn't be dead had he not supplied her.
Regardless, it's a tragedy. Whether the boy gets convicted or not, it's two lives lost.
So what can we do, as no red-blooded American wants to read these stories?
Pardon our language, but our god d*mn youth are dying. The whole idea of America is to leave her better than you found her.
Opinions are strong on this topic.
We often hear the border comments, such as 'shut down our border' cause the drugs are pouring across. Or the parenting comment, such as 'tell your kids not to do drugs.' Then there is the 'big pharma' angle that is responsible for overmedicating a nation to begin with.
We spent a lot of time thinking about this, and the best thing we came up with was 'peer influence.' We believe the most influential person in a child's life is their parents until about twelve when it shifts to their peers.
And everyone wants to be cool on some level, or at minimum, accepted by their peers. But making drugs uncool is unrealistic. There are too many rule-breakers in our country, which may be a good thing, but there's an angle here.
Even rule-breakers don't want to go to jail for murder. There's a line most all of society will not cross, and that line is murder.
Had this boy known he could be charged with murder if the advertised ecstasy he bought killed this girl, would he have given it to her? And then proceeded to text her on how to take it?
Is this boy well informed on the 'fentanyl lacing' crisis in America and that drug cartels and dealers are cutting drugs with Fentanyl, and the smallest of measuring errors is fatal?
Likely 'NO' to both.
Here is a comment from the news report:
The answer to the question in the comment is YES, and why we started Found Guilty as awareness and peer influence is where we can make a difference.
Is it perfect? No.
Is it a start and a different approach? Yes.
The bottom line is that Found Guilty is a 100% volunteer non-profit founded because we are pissed, sad, embarrassed, confused, vulnerable, and everything else.
We want to educate America's youth on the current state of experimental drug use, and the answer is a hard no, or 'just say no' as the late Nancy put it best.
If one kid says no, more will follow as they want to be accepted.
We don't know where this awareness campaign is going, but please join our newsletter and pass it on. We'll keep you informed on how you can help and what our next move is.
What happens to this boy?
He may be sitting in a prison cell ten years from now when he's twenty-seven, rotting away because he gave a teenage girl some ecstasy. Tragedy.
What happens with this girl's family?
Her mother wonders what the smile on her face would have looked like the day she got married. Or what her grandchildren would have looked like.
No one wins here.
We want to take it to the drug cartels and the people responsible for this fentanyl production. The genuinely evil people, but we're afraid those images will have to stay in our dreams as we're not all special DEA agents or Navy Seals, for that matter.
And maybe it's not fair that a whole generation has to skip the experimental drug phase that many Americans realistically enjoyed in the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and '00s, but a half glass full here. The result will be less addiction, as not everyone kept it to experimental.
Found Guilty is a good angle, and it's our little way to fight back.
We're so sorry for the girls' and boys' families in this news report. God bless both families, as strength will be needed.
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