While I was re-reading some old comic books by Neal Adams and George Perez as a memorial to those great men, I found those two certain comic books.
A Green/Lantern/Green Arrow story about Speedy's addiction and a New Teen Titans comic about drug abuse awareness. These were printed decades ago. Both stories were very good, compelling and leave emotional impact on the reader. I believe they were intended as a message to teach the young people about the dangers of drug abuse. But did it work really well?
Today, people, especially kids are still using drugs. Some of them died from overdose. Drug Overdose deaths increased 15 percent in 2021, up from an estimated 93,655 fatalities the year prior. The prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer in the United States and Europe.
Some states have either decriminalized or legalized medical or recreational marijuana. Several people including former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, have used marijuana to treat the pain from their injuries. The effectiveness of cannabis' use as pain treatment led Gary Johnson to campaign for decriminalization of cannabis. In July 2014, he was named president and CEO of Cannabis Sativa Inc., a Nevada-based company that aims primarily to sell medical cannabis products in states where medicinal and/or recreational cannabis is legal.
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Amazing Spider-Man #96–98 (May–July 1971) was published by rival comic publishing house Marvel Comics, which showed major supporting character Harry Osborn struggling with drug addiction. It was the first comic from a major publisher to be published without the Comics Code Authority's seal of approval since 1954, when the Comics Code Authority was founded.
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