FILE 4: Drugs and the Normalization of Escape

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A 13-Part Cultural Investigation There was a time when drugs were warnings.Not options.Not accessories.Not lifestyle choices disguised as freedom. They were lines you were taught not to cross.Not because life was easy.But because crossing them came with a cost everyone understood. Pain was something you faced.Stress was something you worked through.Escape was temporary, not celebrated. … Read more