I brewed coffee and continued to research people’s mindset for consuming illicit drugs. Wow. The escalation of pot use among older Americans was kind of surprising, but the rampant use of readily available drugs among young people was downright disturbing. It appeared there was an entire generation, mine, whose main aspiration in life was getting high—at parties, work and even during school hours. In my mind I could only equate it to abusing alcohol and indeed, many people made little distinction other than drugs produced an easier and faster high, and when mixed with alcohol, enhanced the sensation of euphoria. Statistics showed that while some individuals could use c******s occasionally with no visible side effects and scores of others attested to its medicinal properties, some rese