For the love of God, can somebody ... anybody ... tell me why almost every single missing adult case seems to involve drugs in some way? Is this a new epidemic, or am I only just now realizing it?
I think its a combination of drug use being more mainstream and people have a lax attitude towards privacy on social media.
I'm 40ish and almost everyone I know uses drugs recreationally. Most smoke or vape a small amount of pot after work. (I live in GA, a state that doesn't have any sort of legal pot, and its still extremely common). These aren't burnouts, but professionals. Some do cocaine on a Friday night at the bar, but most prefer a drink or two and a toke at home.
In my 20's, I followed the "jamband" Widespread Panic. I still attend shows a few times a year and it's not uncommon for my friends and peers my age to do a three-day run, and consume LSD or MDMA every night at the show. Again, these aren't your typical drug user, one is a CEO of a nationwide logistics and drayage company.
Drug usage is pretty mainstream in today's society, but most people aren't out in the open about it. You would never know unless the person wanted to share that info with you. Plenty of successful college educated people have fulfilling careers, use drugs recreationally, and may be sitting next to you in church on Sunday. I feel like people have a preconceived mental image of a drug user and never realize that it could be the person you'd least suspect.
There's also the issue of social media I mentioned. It absolutely blows my mind when I read the details some people share about themselves. Its like they have no internal filter that says "maybe I shouldn't post that". I've seen people posting very personal details of their private life as if they were mentioning what they had for breakfast that morning. No, I don't want to know that you had amazing sex last night. No, I don't want to know that your husband cheated on you with a *advertiser censored* for the pain pills he gets for an injury he faked.
In the past (not too long ago), there was only one or two streams of information about missing people or victims of crime. It was broadcast by the media after being filtered through the family or police. These days curious people and the media can go straight to someone's online presence and read the person's own words and get a more clear picture of who that person is. Most people seem to only post he high points of their life and want to put out a good/normal face to the world via social media. However, I've noticed that some don't quite understand the ramifications of what they are posting, or the large footprint and trail they leave with their online presence.
Yes, I'm rambling again lol
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