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Today's topic is one that is one of those heavy ones that we hope and feel we don't need and yet still sees that is affecting so many of us.

Last week news reached me that one of our own youth in the Greater Dallas area passed away at a local hospital because of a drug overdose.

And it wasn't just any drug, it was a specific category that is now rampant, especially amongst teenagers in the youth.

And that is a crisis called the opiate crises.

For those of you who are not aware, opiores are a category of being medication, they're very helpful.

And they're typically prescribed for severe pain situations, maybe after surgery, maybe cancer, maybe terminal cancer.

And so the specific brand of opiores is that tension and that pain.

And according to the Shariah, if that is a situation, if you are in such pain and this is the only thing that's going to alleviate it, it's hell out for that category, no problem.

But of course, with this category of pain medication, there is a side effect.

What happens is that this medication causes the brain to be rewired.

And rather than feeling pain, you actually feel a type of joy and ecstasy.

So obviously, it is for those that want to go on to obtain that Haram Hai, this category becomes a mechanism.

And unfortunately, this crisis has now reached proportions that are frankly terrifying.

Our case is actually one of the more higher countries.

7.2% of people in Texas were found to be using opioids.

7.2, that's a bit less than 1 out of 10.

7.2 people are guilty of misusing these drugs.

And unfortunately, in the last year, if a crisis has occurred with regards to the illegal usage of this drug,

it is becoming especially common amongst teenagers and amongst high school kids.

Why? Because it is very easy to obtain, unlike the hard drugs that we were growing up in the 80s, crack cocaine heroin.

This was very difficult to obtain. We thank Allah.

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