Will History Repeat Itself?

Did you know that most rulers in the seventeenth century, specifically Chinese emperors, were more alarmed by the smoking of tobacco among their subjects than by the abuse of opium?

Both of these got their start during that time.

Opium, brought to China by Arab traders about 1200 A.D., had long been favored for medicinal purposes.

But the practice of smoking opium remained unknown until the late sixteenth century, when Spanish or Portuguese merchants introduced tobacco into the Flower Kingdom and taught its cultivation and use.

However, the Chinese refused to open their markets to barbarian merchantmen.

One of the devices principally relied upon to to handle this unfavorable situation was cultivation and promotion of the opium traffic. In other words, get them drugged up!

Americans learned about opium smoking from Chinese imported to build railroads, and from the large contingent of U.S. missionaries in Asia, but the habit was not spread much through these contacts.

What plunged the U.S. government suddenly into the drug scene--overseas rather than at home, and the federal government instead of local authorities--was the chain of events that started with the famed explosion in Havana harbor in 1898. Ah, but that is another story!

When you think about the centuries past, as in the example above, you begin to see that our society today is faced with these same problems, only on a much larger scale.

As you can see, the drug dealer was already good at his craft back then.

It stands to reason that they have only gotten better at plying their trade.

With all these powerful forces at work, what chance do our children have against them? How can our kids possibly overcome the marketing clout that is backed by billions of dollars? Simple. Education.

We have scientific proof that the Narconon Drug Education Program gets results.

In fact recent interviews from educators revealed that the Friends of Narconon Truth About Drugs videos are being used over and over because they are up-to-date and the kids really change their attitude about drugs.

What is even more revealing is that the teachers are very excited about the classroom discussions that take place after showing our videos.

So, will history repeat itself?

Will there be that next new drug introduced into our society much like the old days?

Not if we do something about it!

Call Sara Jonic or Donna Miller today (1-800-882-6862) to see how you can change the course of history forever and keep kids from turning to drugs!

Sincerely,
Robert Hernandez, CCDC*
President, Friends of Narconon, Intl.
*Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor


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