THE DANGERS OF SHORTCUTS

THE DANGERS OF SHORTCUTS

"Driver, stop the car"!, she ordered. "You, pointing to one passenger at the other end of the seat step out of the car!". The look on the guy's face was priceless as he was wondering what wrong he had done.

Being four (4) in the cab, there had been an odd smell in the car throughout the journey. I was soon to alight, however, so I wasn't going to comment about it. Unknown to us, there was a police woman on board who was fortunately or unfortunately was not in uniform, that's to say was in mufti. Having reached her destination, she pointed at one passenger to step out of the car with her. I was curious as to what was happening because the young man being asked to step out of the car had a confused look.

After the two stepped out, the driver as if reading my thoughts, started telling us what was amiss. According to the driver, the guy who was asked to step out with the woman was carrying "weed" in his bag and since the smell couldn't be suppressed in the bag he was carrying, the police woman caught the smell and had to arrest him. Interestingly, that explained the odd smell in the car.

As I tried a quick flashback to recall the young man's actions throughout the journey,I remembered noticing that his eyes were really red. While in the car, he was singing something so off tune as compared to what was being played on the radio in the car. That even though not  much information, made me realize the guy was high on something. The car sped away and I couldn't help but ask myself why on earth that should happen. Why would a young man decide to endanger his life by carrying "weed" around. Inasmuch as it pays financially ,as I hear, is it worth the risk of a life? I doubt it.

What on earth could have made this guy muster courage to carry weed around? Could it be that he is having a really tough time in life? Well, one could never know. But then again, come what may, is carrying of weed around for quick money the best you could ever settle for? Again, I doubt not.

Often than not, people resort to different things to make ends meet. When I say different things, it ranges from everything and anything one may ever know. Selling all kinds of things which means encountering different levels of risk don't go unnoticed.

Life has it that some are born into wealthy families whereas others need to struggle and worm their way through life. There are also others who exploit others to keep on accumulating wealth at the expense of others.

When things take a different turn,some people reluctantly take on highly-risked opportunities in order to keep their head " above water". Amidst these, there is the tendency of trading in illegal drugs like Indian hemp, cocaine, caffeine or even tobacco. All these are not to be traded but due to some difficulties in life,  some people would prefer a short cut to wealth and hence trade in them.

Research has it  shown that these drugs when taken into the human body tends to be harmful to. They are so bad that they can end you in a mental institution when you become addicted to them because  some will destroy some cells in your body. Then when you think you've done enough harm to yourself and wish to stop, it is usually difficult to refrain from it and this could result one being locked away somewhere for rehabilitation.

Inasmuch as times have proven hard and you need to struck the metal harder than usual to make ends meet, drugs are definitely not something one should resort to. As the famous saying goes, you only live once. Lauren Oliver once said," maybe you can afford to wait, maybe for you, there's tomorrow. Maybe for you, there's one thousand tomorrows or even three thousand, maybe ten thousand. So much time you can bath in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through your fingers. So much time you can waste it. But some of us, there's only today and the truth is, you never really know". Stay safe and make sure to make all the right choices and am certain you won't regret it.