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OPINION – Both sides of the same coin

OPINION By Seth Rohde

There are lots of things I have learned growing up in Atlantic. But the most important thing I have learned is that a great many things are not always what they seem to be.

 

This town is full of all kinds of people, including people on drugs. And there are a lot of crimes connected to the people who use drugs like Mary Jane and various kinds of pills. You may not even realize some of the people who dabble in drugs.

Even in high school there “good” kids that you think would never dance with Mary Jane who have done it a few times.

 

Also there are some “bad” kids that are, like me, choosing not to smoke weed or pop prescription pills, but who are labeled as users because of our surly demeanor. But actually some of the “bad” kids that I know and hang out with are kindhearted thugs that haven’t had a privileged life like you and I.  They aren’t bad people.

 

This town is like a coin with two faces: those perceived as decent and respectable people, and then all the others who don’t fit the mold. People in both of these groups have used drugs.  It’s not black and white. There are lots of shades of grey.

 

Personally, I don’t care what you do with your free time, but there is a time and a place for everything, so don’t come to school or work high as a kite. Furthermore, there is a fine line between pleasure and addiction, and once you’ve crossed into addiction, I don’t have such mild feelings toward you or what you do.

 

There are a lot of things to be said about a man and his habits, but you have to know the man before you judge his habits.

Seth Rohde
Seth Rohde
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