Drugs: 1, America: 0

We Have Lost the War on Drugs.

War never changes. It's been 45 years and we are still on a War on Drugs. In the following article, Jeff Nesbit, the National Science Foundation's director of legislative and public affairs in the Bush and Obama administrations, provides us with some very shocking information that you would not believe! And if that click-bait and cringe inducing sentence didn't persuade you to keep reading then I don't know what will. The question Jeff Nesbit is asking, and many other concerned citizens are asking is, how long are we going to continue to go by the old and outdated plans of fighting this War on Drugs before creating a new playbook? It's about time that everyone faces the truth about wars against ideas and inanimate objects, we have lost the War on Drugs in America and things need to change before more lives are taken away by the use of drugs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the amount of fatal drug overdoses has reached its highest peak so far in 2014. This may sound good if it were for something such as video game sales but for things like fatal drug overdoses and golf, the higher the number the worse you are doing. The amount during 2014 was double the amount during 2000, I don't know how you see victory but in my book this seems more like a major loss and being completely stomped by the opposing side. However, even though Jeff Nesbit spoke some wise words I don't completely agree with his idea on how this could be fixed by directing all attention to the victims, it is important to give victims of drugs attention you must also do something to stop them from reaching their future victims in the first place.

The Wage Gap is a Hoax

For decades now, the wage gap has been one of the most popular topics of discussion between women in many fields of work in America, most notably, the medical field. It seems to be believed that women are paid just 78 cents to the men's dollar. However, this is simply not true. According to Hanna Rosin, on average, men work more hours than women, so we could be wrongfully comparing men working 40 hours to women working 35 hours. Women repeatedly use this false statistic to call for legislation like the Paycheck Fairness Act. I will use this information to spread awareness to working women in the country, and men as well, so they do not buy into the bogus wage gap "statistics" presented by the White House Equal Pay website. Karin Agness would certainly agree with me, as she says women should not take rely on the false gap to pass legislation. In an era of sought after equality between genders, equal wage is extremely important. It establishes the fact that men and women are truly equal in society and the economy. To reach this equality, the wage gap hoax must be vanquished and society should equally respect men and women in the workplace.