Commentary
Cocaine. Meth. Heroin. Even the most sheltered among us recognize the names of these infamous illegal drugs. The “Don’t Do Drugs” mantra has been repeated with gritty persistence since my own days in elementary school.
In 1987, I gaped over a bowl of Cookie Crisp cereal at the “This is your brain on drugs” fried egg TV commercial. That image and witty warning are still seared in my now 44-year-old brain. Education, repetition, and fear (Yes, I’ll pass on my brain sizzling sunny side up!) have hopefully steered many a curious kid from trying these harmful substances.
Yet now, in this day of clever counterfeits, we would do well to heed Apostle Paul’s warning in 2 Corinthians 11:14: “Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”…