PILL-POPPING NATION: Examining America's Substance Abuse Problem

	News making you depressed?
	Try these tablets ta feel refreshed.

	A bit sluggish these days?
	Our medicine 'll give you zip in many ways.

	Finding it hard ta sleep?
	We haf exactly what you need.

	Existential anxiety getting you down?
	Hey relax – pop a few ah these.

	Jes give us yer credit card
	And we'll fix everything.

	Pop em & plop em! Oh yeah!
	It's grate to be alive.

	We'll pump ya ah full ah medicine
	And help ya feel reel high.

	With the right additives in yer bloodstream
	You'll do anything that we please.


Ted:  Can you imagine how much money American's spend on pills?

Kris: No, but probably less than they spend on weapons.

Sam:  Hey, get this straight: pills are weapons.

Tim:  Yeah, not all guns have conventional bullets.
      Some use bio-chemicals that target different parts of the body.


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: Some thoughts about big-pharma and drug abuse in the USA.
KEYWORDS:  dystopian drug dependency, substance abuse, drug addiction, over-medication, chemical dependency

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2005 in Nagoya, Japan / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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