The Law Is The Law

A few years ago, nine men were convicted of drug offences in Indonesia and sentenced to death by firing squad. Alas, they will be killed tonight unless by some rare stroke of luck something changes, which I very much doubt seeing as the Indonesian government has refused pleas from various quarters and countries to upturn the death sentences. The Indonesian government is very strict when it comes to executing prisoners found guilty of carrying drugs into their country and almost everybody knows the risks involved if you get tempted to venture into such business. 

The pictures circulating showing their visibly distraught families are really moving and you'd have to have a heart of stone not to have an iota of pity for them. That being said, I've seen pictures of drug addicts and I have read stories of recovering addicts and their battles to overcome the addiction and it isn't pretty either. While some people may argue that the drug addicts/users aren't mandated to use these drugs, the fact remains that if the drugs are not in circulation and made accessible to them in the first place, they wouldn't have the challenges that comes with taking them, would they? A country like Indonesia is very clear and explicitly so on the repercussion of bringing drugs into their countries and I believe that if anyone goes ahead to disobey their laws, no matter the juicy promises offered in return, then they only have themselves to blame. 

A grave marking for one of the men condemned to death in Indonesia, Pix Source: Dailymail.co.uk

We have lost many people, celebrities and regular people, to drug abuse and I think it is about time a proper and total clamp down on these drugs are effected by all countries. If you don't want to do the time, do not do the crime. Simple.

Whitney Houston's before and after drug addiction pictures.:(