Crack - Not Just on the Streets

Crack has long been the choice of the street people, but recently more and more of the affluent are bringing crack into their homes. Worse still, they are bringing it into the workplace.

It seems understandable that people with little future in their lives will resort to crack as an escape from their otherwise unhappy lives.

Yet, how much sense does it make when people who seemingly have everything going for them resort to crack?

It speaks volumes about wealth and fame not being all it is built up to be. If it is so great, why do people who apparently have it all require drug-induced escape? More often than not it involves those working in isolated areas, such as oil companies. Workers in desolate northern locations find they have lots of money and boredom to go along with it. Crack fills in the void for them.

Some crack users have the misconception that because they have tried cocaine, they should have no trouble handling crack. In a very short time they find out that crack has the power to quickly tear their lives apart. Although the high from a fix soon wears off, the need to have more comes back just as fast.

Crack is a form of cocaine mixed with water and baking soda that forms rocks that are cooled and then smoked. Many who wish to hide their addiction from their employers like the fact that crack leaves their system quickly and allows them to get past drug testing much more easily. Besides, unlike alcohol, crack is odorless and leaves no tell-tale smell to give you away.

By all means, I believe people should always make every effort to improve themselves and their lot in life. Money is not evil. It is just payment for the fruits of our labor. However, it is wise to always be on guard for the temptations that come with wealth. We should never lose sight of the values that we lived our lives by when we were just simply striving to survive.

Giving in to the temptations of drugs or alcohol can lead to indifference, a loss of moral direction, and the possibility that all we have worked so hard to gain will be lost.

In Canada, all forms of addiction cost in the range of $20 billion a year in lost productivity.

Needless to say, companies are noticing and many are developing state of the art policies on drug addiction that includes educating employees on addiction.