Drug Dealers Can Have Ethics, Too

I was closing the glass sliding door in our den and making sure it was locked before my husband and I retreated to the bedroom to smoke a bowl when he said the most interesting thing to me. He said, “I don’t know why you lock everything so tight, Jeanne. We are the bad ones. We are the dangerous ones everybody locks up for.”

Until that very moment, I had never truly considered myself a criminal. Even through years and years of dealing, trafficking, buying, and using drugs, I had not realized how civil, law-abiding Americans view us.

That was years ago, of course. I’ve come a long way since then, too. But there are still drug dealers, traffickers, buyers and users still out there, by the millions. And I think one reason I never really saw us as “bad” is because we maintained ethics and morality through it all. Concerning children, mainly.

If a girl became pregnant, she was cut off from purchasing drugs, and the word was spread that if anyone sold or gave to her, they would be too. I know it didn’t solve everything for that child or even make the mother go straight, but it helped, I witnessed that.

If someone’s utilities were being cut off and they had kids in the home, we cut them down to enough to keep from withdrawing and would not sell them anything until they brought us a receipt from the power company.

If someone hurt their family physically, they were cut off and never were dealt with again. And usually, they got a visit from someone in our circle.

I’m writing this post because there are so very many dealers who are so very corrupt, so very bad. Are they reachable? I don’t know, I doubt it. But just maybe…. they will keep ethics about them until the light shines through and they recover. Until the light of understanding comes to you, brother, sister, be good to the children. Any way you can, do good for the kids.