Drugs and Bradley Cooper

If you haven't gone by to check out the movie Limitless you should definitely do so soon. It is an awesome action film about a simply badass drug that falls into the hands of a man who is smart enough to learn how to use it. The artistic development of the film was also pretty cool considering how vividly the audience could visualize the effects of the drug along with the characters.

 

Oh yes...I wish

At the same time though, (and I will try not to spoil the movie) I couldn't help but wonder when I walked out of the movie theater, what the ethical implications were...because is there not a drug problem in the world? This movie honestly would motivate anyone vulnerable enough to go try a drug. And it would be awesome to have a drug in existence that would optimize your performance, but as of now we know that drugs only do so temporarily and then in the end they kill you prematurely.

I think it's alarming to notice the immense quantity of people that at the very least smoke pot in the United States...and I don't mean to be critical of the country, but it is fact that in at least my country the usage of drugs is not as common among the middle and upper class as it is here.

For example, here in the United States it would be perfectly common to say that you had at least tried marijuana in high school or college. In Venezuela it is not. In fact even my uncle's that party the most or have the most money have never even seen what it looks like. I have also talked to several other friends from Mexico and other latin countries and none of them have ever even tried it...however, I can say that about 50% of the friends that I have from the United States have at least tried it.

Regardless of your views of drugs...I think it is still important to notice these differences and honestly it does worry me a little bit. There is a reason why it has not been legalized and it always boils down to money and corruption. I think its also funny to see when in high schools here in the United States they have drug-free weeks and other educational programs like that, while in Venezuela at least we never had any such thing. Maybe in Venezuela it is less common because of the different values there are...because people in Venezuela will banish you or stigmatize you if you have any relations to drugs (and yes maybe we do cultivate it but the money is made from selling it to other countries like the US). Here it is more accepted and people are generally more open to it.