6-Ecstasy ensnares upper class teenagers in Brazil
LinK: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/americas/15ecstasy.html?partner=rss
Newspaper: The New York Times
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
Published: February 14, 2009
In the newspaper article Ecstasy ensnares upper class teenagers in Brazil published by the New York Times, there is evidence of how drugs have reached to the upper classes in South America countries such as Brazil. The article depicts the story of a wealthy university student who had access to drugs and late he was captured by the police and in jailed with other dangerous prisoners in a prison in Brazil.
Many wealthy teenagers from Brazil have the chance to travel abroad and they generally buy Lsd pills in Europe and bring them to sell them in their countries much more expensive. This new class of well educated students feels the need to sell drugs because they nee to sustain their extravagant lifestyles: going to parties, raves, concerts, shows, stylish clubs, etc.
Although, the law has been hard on them since they are in jailed for more years than a murderer, some of them are placed on special prisons. Some parents pay a good lawyer and the teenagers spend their time in private rooms with some privileges such as TV, bathroom and kitchen. But most of the time parents do not have to pay lawyers instead they pay police officers. They pay them bribes. This leads to another major problem nowadays that is corruption among the police guards. This problem gets even worse when many innocents are in jailed; all of them accused of something they did not take part but they are scared by the police so as to pay them a “tribute”.
Finally, the teenager who narrates the article says there two ways out to leave drugs and their commerce. One of them is to join other gangs and become a dangerous criminal and drug dealer; the other option would be to forget the idea of being part of a fashionable world they do not belong by keeping away from drugs.
To sum up, ecstasy, lsd pills and other drugs which are generally consumed by the wealthy in many countries lead to a wrong path for many while for others is a form of redemption to a new possibility to face life from a different perspective.
LinK: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/americas/15ecstasy.html?partner=rss
Newspaper: The New York Times
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
Published: February 14, 2009
In the newspaper article Ecstasy ensnares upper class teenagers in Brazil published by the New York Times, there is evidence of how drugs have reached to the upper classes in South America countries such as Brazil. The article depicts the story of a wealthy university student who had access to drugs and late he was captured by the police and in jailed with other dangerous prisoners in a prison in Brazil.
Many wealthy teenagers from Brazil have the chance to travel abroad and they generally buy Lsd pills in Europe and bring them to sell them in their countries much more expensive. This new class of well educated students feels the need to sell drugs because they nee to sustain their extravagant lifestyles: going to parties, raves, concerts, shows, stylish clubs, etc.
Although, the law has been hard on them since they are in jailed for more years than a murderer, some of them are placed on special prisons. Some parents pay a good lawyer and the teenagers spend their time in private rooms with some privileges such as TV, bathroom and kitchen. But most of the time parents do not have to pay lawyers instead they pay police officers. They pay them bribes. This leads to another major problem nowadays that is corruption among the police guards. This problem gets even worse when many innocents are in jailed; all of them accused of something they did not take part but they are scared by the police so as to pay them a “tribute”.
Finally, the teenager who narrates the article says there two ways out to leave drugs and their commerce. One of them is to join other gangs and become a dangerous criminal and drug dealer; the other option would be to forget the idea of being part of a fashionable world they do not belong by keeping away from drugs.
To sum up, ecstasy, lsd pills and other drugs which are generally consumed by the wealthy in many countries lead to a wrong path for many while for others is a form of redemption to a new possibility to face life from a different perspective.
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