NguDavid Swanson
Into yokuba umntu ukhotyokiswa ziziyobisi inento yokwenza kakhulu nobuntwana bakhe nomgangatho wobomi bakhe kunokusebenzisa iyeza alisebenzisayo okanye nantoni na ekwimizila yemfuza. Esi sesinye sezona zityhilelo zininzi kwezona ncwadi zibalaseleyo endikhe ndazifunda kulo nyaka: Ukusukela iSikhalo: Iintsuku zokuQala nezokugqibela zeMfazwe kwiZiyobisi nguJohann Hari.
Sonke sinikwe intsomi. Intsomi ihamba ngolu hlobo: Amachiza athile anamandla kangangokuba ukuba uwasebenzisa ngokwaneleyo aya kulawuleka. Baza kukuqhuba ukuba uqhubeke uzisebenzisa. Kuyavela ukuba oku kububuxoki ubukhulu becala. Kuphela li-17.7 ekhulwini labantu abatshayayo abanokuyeka ukutshaya besebenzisa i-nicotine patch eneyeza elifanayo. Kubantu abakhe bazama i<em>crack ebomini babo, sisi-3 ekhulwini kuphela abaye bayisebenzisa kwinyanga ephelileyo yaye ngama-20 ekhulwini kuphela abakhe bangamakhoboka. Izibhedlele zase-US zichaza ii-opiates ezinamandla kakhulu kwintlungu yonke imihla, kwaye rhoqo ixesha elide, ngaphandle kokuvelisa umlutha. Xa iVancouver yavala yonke iheroin ekungeneni esixekweni ngempumelelo kangangokuba “iheroin” ethengiswayo yayinothiro weheroin yokwenene kuyo, ukuziphatha kwabo bakhotyokisiweyo akuzange kuguquke. Malunga nama-20 ekhulwini amajoni aseUnited States eVietnam ayengamakhoboka eheroin, nto leyo eyakhokelela ekubeni babenoloyiko phakathi kwabo babelindele ukubuyela ekhaya; kodwa ekufikeni kwawo ekhaya ama-95 ekhulwini awo kwisithuba sonyaka asuka ayeka. (Kwakunjalo nabemi benyathi yamanzi baseVietnam, ababeqalise ukutya i-opium ngexesha lemfazwe.) Amanye amajoni ayengamakhoboka ngaphambi kokuba aye kunye / okanye abelane ngeyona nto ixhaphakileyo kubo bonke abakhotyokisiweyo, kubandakanywa amakhoboka okungcakaza: ubuntwana obungazinzanga okanye obubuhlungu.
Abantu abaninzi (ama-90 ekhulwini ngokutsho kweZizwe Ezimanyeneyo) abasebenzisa iziyobisi abakhe babe ngamakhoboka, kungakhathaliseki ukuba sisiphi na isiyobisi, yaye inkoliso yabo baba ngamakhoboka banokuphila ubomi obuqhelekileyo ukuba iyeza liyafumaneka kubo; yaye ukuba iyeza liyafumaneka kubo, ngokuthe ngcembe baya kuyeka ukulisebenzisa.
Kodwa, yima umzuzu nje. Izazinzulu ziye zakwenza oko ku boniswe ukuba iziyobisi ziyakhobokisa, akunjalo?
Ewe, impuku esekhejini engenanto yimbi ebomini bayo iya kukhetha ukutya izixa ezikhulu zamachiza. Ngoko ukuba unokwenza ubomi bakho bufane nobempuku esehokweni, izazinzulu ziya kuthethelelwa. Kodwa ukuba unika impuku indawo yendalo yokuhlala nezinye iimpuku ukuze yenze izinto ezonwabileyo nazo, impuku iya kuyibetha ngoyaba imfumba yeziyobisi “ezikhobokisayo” ezilingayo.
Nawe uya kuba njalo. Kwaye kuya kuba njalo abantu abaninzi. Okanye uya kuyisebenzisa ngokumodareyitha. Phambi kokuba kuqalise iMfazwe yeZiyobisi ngowe-1914 (eyayithabathel’ indawo iMfazwe Yehlabathi I yaseMelika?), abantu bathenga iibhotile zesiraphu yemorphine, newayini neziselo ezihlwahlwazayo ezinecocaine. Uninzi aluzange lube ngamakhoboka, kwaye isithathu kwikota yamakhoboka ayenemisebenzi ehloniphekileyo.
Ngaba ikho into esinokuyifunda apha malunga nokungathembi izazinzulu? Ngaba sifanele silahle bonke ubungqina besiphithiphithi semozulu? Ngaba kufuneka silahle zonke izitofu zethu zokugonya kwiZibuko laseBoston? Eneneni, hayi. Kukho isifundo apha esidala njengembali: landela imali. Uphando lweziyobisi luxhaswa ngemali ngurhulumente wobumbano ohlola ezakhe iingxelo xa zifikelela kwizigqibo ezifanayo Ukuleqa uMkhwazo, urhulumente oxhasa kuphela uphando olushiya iintsomi zakhe zikhona. Abantu abaphika imozulu kunye nabakhanyela amayeza kufuneka bamanyelwe. Kufuneka sihlale sivulekile iingqondo. Kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ababonakali ngathi batyhalela phambili kwisayensi engafumani nkxaso-mali. Kunoko, bazama ukususa iinkolelo zangoku ngeenkolelo ezinazo Ngaphantsi isiseko emva kwabo. Ukuguqula indlela esicinga ngayo kumlutha kufuna ukujonga ubungqina obuveliswa zizazinzulu eziphikisayo kunye noorhulumente botshintsho, kwaye iyoyikeka kakhulu.
Ngoko oku kuzishiya phi izimo zengqondo zethu ngamakhoboka? Okokuqala bekufanele ukuba sibagwebe. Emva koko bekufanele ukuba sibaxolele ngokuba nemfuza embi. Ngoku sifanele sibasizele ngenxa yokuba banezinto ezimanyumnyezi abangenakujamelana nazo, yaye kwiimeko ezininzi baye baba nazo ukususela ebuntwaneni? Kukho utyekelo lokujonga ingcaciso “yemfuza” njengesizathu esiqinileyo. Ukuba abantu abayi-100 basela utywala kwaye omnye wabo unomzila wemfuza omenza angakwazi ukuyeka, kunzima ukumgxeka ngaloo nto. Wayenokwazi njani? Kodwa kuthekani ngale meko: Kubantu abali-100, omnye wabo ebengcungcuthekiswa kangangeminyaka, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuba engazange athandwe eselusana. Ukuba umntu omnye kamva uba likhoboka leziyobisi, kodwa obo bukhoboka buluphawu kuphela lwengxaki yokwenene. Ngoku, ewe, kugqwethekile kakhulu ukubuza kwimichiza yobuchopho bomntu okanye imvelaphi ngaphambi kokuba sigqibe ukuba sibabonise na uvelwano. Kodwa ndinovelwano nangabantu abangakwaziyo ukuxhathisa ubuvuvu obunjalo, yaye ngoko ndibabongoza ngoku: Ngaba asifanele sibe nobubele kubantu ababandezelekileyo ngenxa yokwenzakala kwasebuntwaneni? Ingakumbi xa intolongo iyenza ibe mandundu ingxaki yabo?
Kodwa kuthekani ukuba besinokuthwala oku ngaphaya kokukhotyokiswa kwezinye iindlela zokuziphatha ezingathandekiyo? Kukho ezinye iincwadi ezibonisa amatyala anamandla afanayo athi ubundlobongela, kubandakanya ubundlobongela obuphathelele kwezesondo, kunye nokuzibulala, kunemvelaphi efanayo naleyo ifunyenwe nguHari yokukhobokisa. Ngokuqinisekileyo ubundlobongela kufuneka buthintelwe, hayi ukuzonwabisa. Kodwa inokuncitshiswa ngcono ngokuphucula ubomi babantu, ngakumbi ubomi babo obutsha kodwa okubalulekileyo nobomi babo bangoku. Kancinci kancinci, njengoko siyekile ukulahla abantu beentlanga ezahlukeneyo, isini, utyekelo lwezesondo, kunye nokukhubazeka njengento engento, njengoko siqala ukwamkela ukuba umlutha kukuziphatha okwethutyana kunye nokungoyiki kunokuba imeko esisigxina yesidalwa esincinci esaziwa ngokuba “ikhoboka,” sisenokudlulela phambili ekulahleni ezinye iingcamango zokungagungqi kunye nokuzimisela ngokwemfuza, kuquka nezo zinxulumene nezaphuli-mthetho ezinogonyamelo. Ngenye imini sisenokude siyiphephe ingcamango yokuba imfazwe okanye ukubawa okanye inqwelo-mafutha sisiphumo esingenakuphepheka semfuza yethu.
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