Chidhakwa Haisi Kuraira

NaDavid Swanson

Kana mumwe munhu akapindwa muropa nezvinodhaka zvine zvakawanda zvokuita nouduku hwake uye mararamiro ake kupfuura nemushonga waanoshandisa kana nechimwe chinhu chiri mumagene avo. Ichi ndicho chimwe chezvinhu zvinokatyamadza zvezvakazarurwa zvakawanda mubhuku rakanakisa randakamboverenga gore rino: Kudzingirira Mhere: Mazuva Ekutanga uye Ekupedzisira eHondo paZvinodhaka naJohann Hari.

Tese takapihwa ngano. Ngano inoenda seizvi: Mimwe mishonga ine simba zvekuti kana ukaishandisa zvakakwana inototora. Vanozokufambisa kuti urambe uchivashandisa. Zvinoitika izvi kazhinji ndezvenhema. 17.7 muzana bedzi yevasvuti vemidzanga vanogona kurega kusvuta vachishandisa chikakananda chinopa mushonga mumwe chetewo. Pavanhu vakaedza crack muupenyu hwavo, 3 muzana bedzi vakaishandisa mumwedzi wapfuura uye 20 muzana bedzi ndivo vakambopindwa muropa. Zvipatara zveUS zvinoraira maopiates ane simba zvakanyanya ekurwadziwa zuva rega rega, uye kazhinji kwenguva yakareba, pasina kugadzira kupindwa muropa. Apo Vancouver yakadzivisa heroin yose kupinda muguta zvinobudirira kwazvo zvokuti “heroin” yaitengeswa yakanga isina heroin chaiyoiyo mairi, mufambiro wevakapindwa muropa hauna kuchinja. Vamwe 20 muzana yevarwi veUnited States muVietnam vakanga vakapindwa muropa neheroin, zvichiita kuti vaya vaitarisira kudzokera kumusha vatyiswe; asi pavakasvika kumba 95 muzana yavo mukati megore yakangomira. (Ndizvo zvakaita nhamba yenyati yemvura yeVietnamese, iyo yakanga yatanga kudya opium munguva yehondo.) Vamwe varwi vakanga vapindwa muropa vasati vaenda uye/kana kuti vakagovera muitiro unozivikanwa zvikurusa kuvose vakapindwa muropa, kubatanidza vakapindwa muropa nokubhejera: uduku husina kugadzikana kana hunotambudza.

Vanhu vakawanda (90 muzana maererano neUN) vanoshandisa zvinodhaka havambopindwa muropa, pasinei zvapo nokuti mushonga wacho ndeupi, uye vakawanda vanopindwa muropa vanogona kurarama upenyu hwakanaka kana mushonga wacho uchiwanika; uye kana mushonga wacho uripo kwavari, vacharega zvishoma nezvishoma kuushandisa.

Asi, imbomira kweminiti. Vesainzi vakaita nekusimba kuti zvinodhaka zvinopinda muropa, handizvo here?

Zvakanaka, gonzo riri mukeji risina chimwe chinhu zvachose muupenyu hwaro richasarudza kushandisa zvinodhaka zvakawanda. Saka kana ukakwanisa kuita kuti upenyu hwako hufanane nehwegonzo riri mukeji, masayendisiti anozorevererwa. Asi kana ukapa gonzo nzvimbo chaiyo yokugara nemamwe makonzo kuti aite zvinhu zvinofadza nawo, gonzo rinofuratira murwi unoedza wezvinodhaka “zvinopinda muropa”.

Uye iwewo uchadaro. Uye ndizvo zvichaitawo vanhu vazhinji. Kana kuti uchaishandisa zvine mwero. Hondo Yezvinodhaka Isati yatanga muna 1914 (yaitsiva US yeHondo Yenyika I?), vanhu vakatenga mabhodhoro emushonga wemorphine, newaini nezvinwiwa zvakapfava zvakaiswa cocaine. Vakawanda havana kumbopindwa muropa, uye zvikamu zvitatu muzvina zvevakapindwa muropa vakabata mabasa akatsiga anoremekedzwa.

Pane chidzidzo here pamusoro pekusavimba nemasayendisiti? Tinofanira kurasa humbowo hwese hwekusagadzikana kwemamiriro ekunze? Tinofanira kurasa mishonga yedu yese yekudzivirira muBoston Harbor? Chaizvoizvo, kwete. Pane chidzidzo pano chekare senhoroondo: tevera mari. Tsvagiridzo yezvinodhaka inotsigirwa nehurumende yemubatanidzwa iyo inoongorora mishumo yayo pachayo kana yasvika pamhedzisiro yakafanana Kudzingirira Mhere, hurumende inopa mari chete tsvakurudzo inosiya ngano dzayo dziripo. Vanoramba mamiriro ekunze uye vanoramba majekiseni vanofanira kuteererwa. Tinofanira kugara tine pfungwa dzakavhurika. Asi kusvika pari zvino havasati vaita sevari kukurudzira sainzi iri nani isingakwanisi kuwana mari. Asi, vari kuedza kutsiva zvitendero zvazvino nezvinodavirwa nazvo zvishoma hwaro shure kwavo. Kugadzirisa mafungiro edu pamusoro pekupindwa muropa kunotoda kutarisa humbowo huri kuburitswa nemasainzi anopikisa nehurumende dzekuchinja, uye zvinokurisa.

Saka izvi zvinosiya papi mafungiro edu kune vakapindwa muropa? Kutanga taifanira kuvashora. Ipapo taifanira kuvapembedza nokuda kwokuva nejini rakashata. Zvino isu tinofanira kuvanzwira tsitsi nokuti vane zvinhu zvinotyisa zvavasingagoni kutarisana nazvo, uye kazhinji kazhinji vakazviita kubvira vachiri vaduku? Pane katsika kekuona tsananguro ye “gene” sechikonzero chakasimba. Kana vanhu 100 vakanwa doro uye mumwe wavo aine jini rinoita kuti atadze kumbomira, zvakaoma kumupomera izvozvo. Angadai akaziva sei? Asi zvakadiniko nemamiriro ezvinhu aya: Pavanhu 100, mumwe wavo ave achitambura mumarwadzo kwemakore, murutivi somugumisiro wokusambova norudo somucheche. Kuti munhu mumwe anozopindwa muropa nezvinodhaka, asi kupindwa muropa ikoko chiratidzo chechinetso chaichoicho. Ikozvino, hongu, kutsveyamisa chose kubvunza nezvekemikari yehuropi hwemumwe munhu kana mamiriro ezvinhu tisati tafunga kuti tovaratidza here kana kusamunzwira tsitsi. Asi ndine tsitsi dzakati kunyange nokuda kwavanhu vasingagoni kudzivisa upenzi hwakadaro, uye naizvozvo ndinokumbira kwavari zvino: Hatifaniri kuva nomutsa kuvanhu vanotambura nhamo youduku here? Kunyanya kana jeri rinoita kuti dambudziko ravo riwedzere?

Asi zvakadini dai taizotakura izvi kupfuura kupindwa muropa kune mamwe maitiro asingadiwi? Kune mamwe mabhuku ari kupa nyaya dzakasimba dzakafanana idzo mhirizhonga, kusanganisira mhirizhonga yepabonde, uye kusanganisira kuzviuraya, mune chikamu chikuru chakafanana neaya anowanikwa naHari pakupindwa muropa. Chokwadi mhirizhonga inofanira kudziviswa, kwete kuitwa. Asi inogona kudzikiswa zvakanyanya nekuvandudza hupenyu hwevanhu, kunyanya hupenyu hwavo hwechidiki asi zvakakoshawo hupenyu hwavo hwazvino. Zvishoma nezvishoma, sezvo takamira kurasa vanhu vemarudzi akasiyana-siyana, vakadzi, maonero ezvepabonde, uye hurema sezvisina maturo, sezvatinotanga kubvuma kuti kupindwa muropa itsika yechinguvana uye isingatyisidzi panzvimbo pekugara zvachose kwechisikwa chiduku chinozivikanwa se. "akapindwa muropa," tinogona kuenderera mberi nekurasa dzimwe dzidziso dzechigarire uye kutsunga kwemajini, kusanganisira idzo dzine chekuita nematsotsi ane chisimba. Rimwe zuva tinogona kutokurira pfungwa yokuti hondo kana makaro kana motokari ndiwo mugumisiro usingadzivisiki wemajini edu.

Neimwe nzira kupomera chinhu chiri chose pazvinodhaka, kungofanana nokutora zvinodhaka, kunoratidzika kuva kuri nyore zvikuru.

Tarisa Johann Hari pa Dememocracy Zvino.

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