Bible And Drugs

~Royalynne Rose Miller

Lately in my life I’ve come into contact with a lot of people who are dealing with drugs in some way or another. Either they have friends who are experimenting with drugs or they themselves are experimenting. One of my best friends and I got to talking about it and looking to see what the Bible had to say about drugs. After looking for a while and searching the internet there’s nothing in the Bible that talks about drugs specifically using the word “drug”, I can say that without a doubt. But does it talk about drugs? Yes.. In a way, I believe it does.

First Corinthians 6:18 says “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.”

Right there it’s talking about sexual sin. Pretty obvious, but something that came to my mind when I read this verse this morning is this: Do drugs not have the same effect on a person as sexual sins and are they not done for the same reasons as sexual sins?

Think about it - A person begins sexual sin for many reasons but if they continue to do them, no matter what the reason was to start, they will become addicted. I’ve seen it happen, I’ve heard about it happening and I’ve felt it start to happen with myself. They even have sex rehab.

Now is it not the same way with drugs? No matter what reason someone starts, peer pressure or running from their troubles etc., A person will become addicted to drugs. It’s pretty obvious that it’s something you can get addicted to when you hear of people trading valuables for some crack.

Let’s look back at the verse. It says “..All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.” You all know about STDs. It’s very common in today’s society. When you get involved sexually you are putting yourself at the risk of getting a disease that is harmful to your body and sometimes can’t be cured. There’s a reason why God tells us over and over to flee from sexual immorality.. It hurts us!!

Now what do drugs do to your body? The same thing! When you use drugs you are putting yourself at a very high risk of getting a harmful disease or even killing yourself. It’s a sin against your own body.

Another thing I want to make sure I point out is this: More often then not, both sex (meaning sexual things out side of marriage) and drugs are done for the pleasure of the moment or to escape from something. Also after you have entered into a life style of either of these things you will never be the same and it’s very hard to get out of. People who have been involved sexually or use drugs take years to heal - mentally and physically.

In the light of all this I want to beg you to be careful - once you get involved it’s hard to get out. Please.