tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post1307673765754749323..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Antipathy toward snitching part of American culture, not just hip hopGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13009818476503679962007-04-24T11:45:00.000-05:002007-04-24T11:45:00.000-05:00We truly have a 'pill' culture. Trouble is, it is...We truly have a 'pill' culture. Trouble is, it is difficult to know which pills are good for you and which ones aren't. The pills that drug companies make a profit on are 'good' because political contributions protect them from the 'war on drugs'.<BR/><BR/>Too much money is wasted for the criminalization of drug use that only protects the economic interests of big pharma!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16259810416248984342007-04-24T08:14:00.000-05:002007-04-24T08:14:00.000-05:00BTW, snitching isn't the only pervasive attitude. ...BTW, snitching isn't the only pervasive attitude. This country is obsessed with drugs - legal even more so than illegal. Most of our 'health' segments on TV and magazines is devoted to new 'drug therapies'. The mass media message is a resounding 'using drugs is best for what ails you'. And then the lapdogs go ballistic when young people get the message that they put out - but pick drugs that were banned with no evidence whatsoever?JT Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571868033521182864noreply@blogger.com