Drugs and death

I shouted, I raved and ranted, but they did not listen. I could see the dangers as I had been there before.I had been in a similar situation and I had seen the devastation it can bring. They laughed at me mercilessly.The fools! Why could they not see that I was not jealous of their happiness? Why could they not understand that I had nothing to gain by stopping them? I could see the hell they were going to face soon. It is too late now. All I can do is cry with them.

I was passing by when I saw them huddled together.I knew they were up to no good. There was one of them looking out for the rest. He warned them. They took a look at the ragged clothes I was wearing and turned back to what they were doing. They were spiking their cigarettes. I knew the pusher who was encouraging them. His own life was ruined and he had ruined many others.He needed to do this in order to feed his own addiction, I pushed my way into the crowd and cried when I saw them ready to light up. I knocked the cigarette out of one of their hands. He was the youngest of the group;all of thirteen years I think. The pusher turned on me with a snarl and pushed me away. Then they lit their cigarettes and started puffing. I saw their faces change,I knew that they were not themselves anymore. I still spoke. I knew it was not too late then. By this time they were too excited to stop. They pushed me aside roughly.

I told them my own tragedy. I told them I had experimented too. I told them about my long jail sentence and about the ruin I had fallen into. I told them it was not too late for them. They looked at me with a superior look, laughed at me and then turned away to continue what they were doing. I cried as I turned away. I knew there was nothing I could do.

It was a month later that I saw them again. They were huddled together under the shade of the coffee stall. They looked terrible now. They were unwashed,unshaven and stank. They were sharing a bottle of water. They looked at me with sad eyes. I wondered if they recognised me. I wondered if they remembered that I was the man who tried to warn them. They turned away.I looked at them. There was no more look of cocksureness. Only quiet despair. They probably saw the danger then, but it was too late. Too late for them. Within a year, some of them will be in prison; some will go through cold turkey; the lucky ones may even die. The worst of them will be like me one day; walking the earth aimlessly; awaiting death. It is too late for me and now for them. I dropped my eyes and walked on.

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