Porn: Drug of the New Millennium

Back in high school everyone knew who the druggies were. They didn't try very hard to keep it a secret. You could tell by how they dressed, acted, or who they hung with. Of course, more drank alcohol in those days, but illegal drugs were on the rise in are little town just outside of Vegas. Now, over the years, drug abuse has grown into a plague, especially with the explosion of legal drug abuse. Whenever you find abuse of drugs, you'll see a trail of death and sorrow.

However, there is a new drug out there that doesn't get near the press. You'll never see it over-reported on Access Hollywood (as they did the accidental death of a movie star who abused prescription drugs). Yet, one author tagged this new drug as "The Drug of the new millennium" (http://www.familysafemedia.com/drug_of_the_new_millennium_6_c.html). Sadly, this drug leaves it's own trail of death and sorrow. What is this drug of the new millennium? Pornography.

Researchers have found that pornographic images release certain chemicals in the human brain. These chemicals tend to be every bit as addictive as those taken in with a needle, or a snort, or a glass of water. Still nobody considers pornography a threat... not like cocaine or heroine. In fact many drugs are illegal, but pornography often enjoys legal support from the 1st amendment... you know, free speech. To a Basicguy like me, I have a hard time figuring how pornography fits under free speech.

The US is the biggest provider and user of this drug of the new millennium. 80% of all pornography on the internet is produced and spread throughout the world from our borders. If we wanted to, the US could really do something about this plague. As of now, the US controls the internet. There are thousands of portals available on the internet. An average family uses four or five portals. Why do pornographers need access to all of the thousands of portals to spread their disease? We could divide portals into zones. Begin with family safe zones and then provide other realms for increasingly adult regions of the internet. We rate movies, why not internet portals?

Basically speaking, we can spare families and save kids... if we chose basic reason. We could surf the net without accidentally tripping over an offensive site. We could open our email and find a message from grandma instead of several offers to experience porn. Of course, all of this makes a bit too much sense in a world that defines pornography as free speech. It's all pretty disturbing. It's sad to see the demise of basic decency and innocence.