Sunday, January 03, 2010

Let's start the year with a rant

When Wal-Mart treats its employees badly, it's bad P.R. and it's bad for business.
When Nike makes soccer balls employing blind three year olds in Bangladesh, it's bad P.R. and it's bad for business.
When Gap has sweatshops with horrid conditions in Third World countries, it's bad P.R. and it's bad for business.
When Smithfield Farms is revealed to torture pigs and abuse illegal workers to make ham and bacon, it's bad P.R. and it's bad for business.
People raise holy hell when they learn that their their shopping is tainted with exploitation.
So how come drug users are never outraged that what they smoke or inhale or inject or blow up their noses is tainted with human blood and horrific violence?
Why are they willing to pay ridiculously inflated prices for adulterated product that is marred by violence worse than terrorism?
Shouldn't the conditions in which the drug trade operates be bad for business as well?  
We need to start treating the drug business like the business that it is.
Boycott illegal drugs.

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