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Running head : SUBSTANCE ABUSE : KILLS TALENT , KILLS LIFE , BURNS SOCIETY

Substance Abuse : Kills Talent , Kills Life , Burns Society

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Introduction "Is that poison worth losing everything

She asks her husband , while intervening his drug abuse . Within a single word "everything " she covered a legendary music career , a family reputation and health of a celebrity who already had a struggling past behind him , had won over the barrier of blindness towards winning millions of hearts with his soulful voice

It is the same man , now seems

to be on the verge of breaking down in want of a shot of heroin - "No sermons . Give me a shot " The cry of hopelessness fills the air , the cry of someone who fought so harder and went further than anyone could imagine

Though the above scene belongs to the autobiographical movie "Ray , it theless delivers one of the gravest messages to the society - drug abuse can make anyone its servant or can siphon all human essence in a person . While millions of words have been spent to prevent substance abuse , still it manages to remain one of the gravest concerns of the society . Therefore this probes the why-s and how-s of drug abuse while peeping in the life of Ray Charles and in the dreaded world of heroin , before coming into its own conclusion

Why Charles 's Case is Important

Ray Charles showed undaunted courage and conviction to overcome the barrier of the blindness in his way to become a legendary musician . He lost his brother and subsequently his eyes at the age of seven , lost his parents at the age of 15 , and yet he made his way to the top by sheer determination and application of mind . Not many instances could be found where a blind boy rose to the zenith of musical world with a dozen Grammies and remaining at the top of popularity chart for six consecutive year . And if that doesn 't seem much , instances like learning to ride bicycle or a little later , motorcycle and doing rounds on that could speak of his extraordinary abilities . Even that could turn pale if someone comes to know that Ray was a wonderful chess-player (Charles Thus the importance of studying Ray 's case lies in the fact that it stands out as an example of how even a person endowed with strong will and zest for life can lose self-control to drugs . This example carries morale too - substance abuse can prove deadly to anyone , irrespective of physical , social or mental stature

How It Begun

Though it 's difficult to underpin the exact year from when Charles started taking heroin , researchers observe that the place could be Seattle , which has "one of the highest heroin-related deaths in America (Veverka , 2007 . If the researchers are right then it has to be around 1945-46 , when Charles started taking marijuana

In his autobiography : Ray Charles ' Own Story , Ray revealed that he began experimenting with drugs out of...