Response to Anti-Drug America

Response to Anti-Drug America
As JEH say, yes it is cool that the people of Yemen take the time to chew qat and relax with friends and it would be great if Americans could do the same to relive some stress. But, before you make such a statement you have to look at the difference economically between our countries. Few successful American’s kick back and smoke a joint, it doesn’t happen, sure it could relive some stress but it could also cause our economy to fall if taken advantage of. The people of Yemen spend over half of the income on a crop, qat, that has no nutritious value. They are doing so while they remain the poorest country in the Middle East. Yemen’s spend the entire afternoon sitting around chewing qat while they could be out working trying to get a better life for themselves and their family. Many citizens tend to blame their ruler in times like Yemen is facing, but it is usually partly the peoples fault. They are blaming their poorly formed government for their laziness. The people are sitting back chewing qat as their nation suffers and that is not right. They are not holding onto every penny they have like JEH says, they spend over half of their income on qat. Who knows what else this money could be put towards or where the nation would be if people were not so obsessed with qat.
-DPD