AHS Views

A $2.3 million grant has just been given to the University of Houston, Texas, to study the effects of drug abuse on older Latinos. Personally, I don’t see the point. There’s nothing about Latinos, or the fact that they’re older, that would make the effects any different from anyone else, and they’ll still need the same drug addiction help anyone abusing drugs needs.

What else could that money be used for? Well, $2.3 million could get an awful lot of those older Latinos actually through drug rehab so they can be free of drugs. Seems a much better use of the money than studying them to see if there’s anything different about Latino drug addicts than addicts within other ethnic groups.

If you know someone who’s abusing drugs, contact a good drug rehab program counselor who can help you find the addiction help services they need. Latino or not, I can guarantee it’s going to be drug rehab.