Comments on: Is the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Causing Drug Problems?

By: Christine Garvin

Christine Garvin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:19:32 +0000

Buzzy, I “rehashed” the article in order to highlight the fact that the continuation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict goes deeper for people than simply living in a war zone, which people who don’t live in one have a hard time fully comprehending what it means in terms of survival and mental health.

I think more people in the West understand not only the desire, but the ultimate need for drugs in order to escape whatever trying place they find themselves in, and THAT humanity can provide a better understanding of what people experience on the Gaza Strip.

Yes, it has been going on for 100 years and yes, it is NOW causing a drug problem because of the sudden influx of the availability of drugs. Other coping mechanisms were present before (including some drugs, but not to the extent they are now), but this one adds another layer of probable death and destruction.

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By: Adam Ehad

Adam Ehad — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:32:36 +0000

I agree with Joshua Johnson! A truly wise man. And I must congratulate the matador reading public on their restraint for not immediately wading in with every Tom, Dick and Harry’s take on the Israel/Palestine problem.

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By: Buzzy

Buzzy — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:47:29 +0000

Does rehashing an article previously published in a major daily newspaper (Israel’s Ha’aretz) pass for original material here?

And really, the title! The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been going on for nearly 100 years — and suddenly it is “causing a drug problem”?

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By: joshua johnson

joshua johnson — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:03:59 +0000

Just one more stupid, flailing example to solve a “problem” by dealing with a symptom of the problem and not the actual problem itself.
The “war on drugs” is ripe with these tactics, that is why it will always fail.
In a world of governmental prescription pimps and sky-scraping alcohol related deaths, I can’t take the moral efforts of our superiors seriously, not for one instant.

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