Helping Children of Drug Addicts Just a Snip Away

Very rarely has something I have seen or heard on the news made me physically sick to my stomach. That is, unless we're talking about a pedophile getting off because he lives a double life as a singer or a college sports hero and movie star getting away with cold-blooded murder on the count of a prosecutor's use of the "N" word. Of course, both of these cases are of a quite a bit higher caliber; even more than little blond tramps serving less than a month or even less than a day for something that could potentially kill others.

Earlier this year, while thumbing through the local morning paper over a cup of coffee, the cover story not only caught my eye but also got my blood boiling. The story drew the reader in with a shot of a local twenty-something couple inside of a run-down Cracker Jack box of an apartment, looking very dirty and holding a very tiny newborn baby.

The accompanying story detailed how the couple was living under a bridge when this, their fourth baby ... their FOURTH BABY ... was born and that they had recently gotten into their apartment. However, while this was their fourth baby, it was the very first baby they got to keep, because the state took the other three away. Why? It was because both "were" avid users of cocaine, methamphetamines and other hard drugs.

This skyrocketing trend of drug addicts and "former" drug addicts procreating has become a disturbing epidemic all across the nation. Such vermin have helped flood the foster care system and put children in danger in numbers that spike on an annual basis. The worst part is, however, that such people who have no regard to the immediate danger they are putting their children, show no remorse and resort to vilifying the state, the Police and Child Protective Services when they step in to bring innocent children to safety.

Druggies always blame everyone else for their problems; be it not just with their kids being taken away, but also with not being able to hold down a job, not being able to pay the rent and everything else in between. The worst part is, however, is not just because of their lack of ability to own up, but also that they keep messing up, putting burdens on society and everyone around them, but also in harming or ending innocent lives.

This is why I propose that, in not only controlling the drug addict population but especially to quit putting children at risk, that we take drastic measures by cutting off their biological ability to reproduce. Hear me out; I promise I am not crazy.

To say that a drug addict is an unfit parent is, most definitely, an understatement. Obviously, there are several good justifications for this. First of all, hard core drug use exposes children to things that no living creature should ever have to view, not to mention almost ensures that a child will grow up in an unsafe or unsanitary environment. This is because even the essentials, such as formula, clothing, or even diapers are sacrificed so the parent can buy their drugs and supplies. Countless drug busts and especially CPS cases have uncovered this and it looks like a disgusting scene straight out of an episode of Nancy Grace. Some of these scenes that kids lived within included human feces, vomit and urine strewn about, all on the count of kids having no where else to go; literally. Not to mention, birthing the children under the influence of drugs has the potential to be an instant death sentence, as a newborn child's immune system is virtually non-existent.

While my plan sounds far-fetched and extremist at first, consider that laws have been proposed years prior and, possibly, are on the books in some places to punish pedophiles the same way. So, if we're already castrating child rapists who are out to harm the young, why not do the same to drug addicts, who couldn't care less about killing the young. Bottom line; it makes perfect sense.

To review, my solution to curtail the epidemic of drug addicts procreating is to order the offender, should they be busted for drugs, seen to have endangered a child by way of drug use or to be in possession of illicit drugs, they shall be required to have their tubes tied or be castrated. And if the idea of wasting tax dollars gives you cold feet, consider the following. Which costs more; castration, incarceration, or supporting a crack baby in the foster care system? That's what I thought.

The thing that irks me most, though, is that more people aren't outraged by such an epidemic, which puts more kids at risk than anything else. Maybe by putting such an initiative into practice, we could start to reverse this trend.