Dragonfly and Other Designer Drugs: Dr. Oz Warned Parents About The Health Dangers
Dr. Oz did a recent show about Designer Drugs, specifically Dragonfly. I had not heard of it before.
The parents whose children died from taking Dragonfly wept openly as they shared their stories. This is one of those weird drugs that can kill with the first dose. It’s tragic!
Young people are placed in social environments that put them to the test to explore things that they would never be inclined to do alone. Their peers challenge them, tease them, or ridicule them for not partaking of these Designer Drugs at parties, social gatherings, and even during school.
It makes me wonder where the adult supervision is these days…
It’s not just Dragonfly. There are numerous Designer Drugs that are stealing the lives of our young people.
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K2 and Spice among others are sold openly at some ‘head shops’ that teens and twenty-somethings have total access to legally. You may have seen some of the coverage by the national media on these Designer Drugs as well as on the Talk Shows during the day. It’s a real problem that is not being adequately addressed by the governmental regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction. Parents, teachers, and care providers don’t always know what the kids are up to either…
Whether it might be heart health or life-threatening reactions to these Designer Drugs, it is time that young people help each other to defer for safety’s sake and avoid these drugs. They need to take responsibility for EVERYTHING they put into their bodies. They need to be informed and educated to the point where they are our greatest deterrent to other young people losing their lives from stupid choices.
Even those over-caffeinated drinks can harm our children! We need them to know what not to do and why before…not after they have ingested any such substance. Furthermore, we have to address the underlying cause for our young people’s experimentation with ‘altered states of consciousness’ from taking any substance whether it is alcohol, marijuana, Designer drugs, legal stimulants, or any bizarre brand of material that alters the brain’s biochemistry.
Can Life be so bad that they seek out these substances to find respite, refuge, sanctuary, or escape? Hopefully, they are not modeling the adults who engage in this behavior for this purpose… Professional counseling is the usual course of action when it gets to that point of desperation. If they cannot handle stress alone proactively; then they need external intervention and support to get over these hurdles and develop coping mechanisms that work for the rest of their lives. Look at Robert Downey, Jr. who has turned his life around as well as many other celebrities who are visible role models in our culture.
If it takes a drive to the morgue to show your children what happens when things go wrong, then it is worth shattering their ignorance and innocence to protect them and educate them. There is nothing quite like looking at a dead body to become soberly honest about the health risks associated with toxic substances. All it took for me was to visit the Mental Institution where people were hospitalized and drugged into oblivion to be manageable years ago to wake me up to these issues.
It’s one thing to want to be stimulated and find alternate states of consciousness that elevate the human mind. That is valuable and worth pursuing… But it doesn’t take Designer Drugs to ‘get there’. We have other ways to expand our conscious awareness and evolve beyond social consciousness and boredom! Healthy and productive ways…
