All over social media, people have started sharing photos of random people passed out in public due to overdosing on prescription medications. It started as an attempt to spread the word of ending drug addiction by showing the horrifying influence drugs can have on a person, but quickly became an invasion of privacy of others that knew these addicts because the photos began to include the friends and family around them. People began to question wether it was affective and science proves that this method actually is very ineffective due to many reasons. These reasons are that they might reinforce the stigma of drug addiction which promotes shame on those addicted to drugs and increases drug use because brings attention and curiosity to drugs.
Before reading this article, I never heard of this situation. I have seen twitter posts before of police departments and other various account tweeting similar photos to spread drug awareness. This article was written to stop people around the country from posting these photos because it only explains the negative points of posting them. This article is important because it brings awareness to the negative affects that drugs can have and awareness to the problem of people around our country making it worse. Drugs are an increasing problem in our world today and the last thing we need is more publicity towards them.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/health/drug-overdose-photos/index.html
I think it's pretty sad when things like this get posted on social media and some people just look over it..
ReplyDeleteIt's important to be aware that addiction is an illness and that these pictures shame people who are suffering from a drug addiction. I agree that the posting of these photos needs to stop.
ReplyDeleteI agree that these posts are not okay and need to be stopped because drugs should never be influenced especially on social media where everyone can see. The posting of someone who has been affected by drugs violates that person's privacy which is not the way to promote a shame on drugs.
ReplyDeleteI too agree that these posts need to stop. Social media is overpowering society in the way of helping personal and popular events go viral, and I feel that it is too influencing the use of drugs rather than preventing it. This is an invasion of privacy, and people should respect the rights of citizens.
ReplyDeleteI definitely think that these photos should be removed from the internet. This is an invasion of privacy to these victims, and there are many other ways to show the public the horrors of drug abuse. I agree totally with your analysis of this situation.
ReplyDeleteI agree, there is no point in posting picture of people overdosing on drugs. Privacy should never be invaded like this.
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