Pete Hamil talks about how TV and drugs are related

Pete Hamil in "Crack and the Box" argues that looking at television for long periods of time has made million of Americans vulnerable to becoming addicted to drugs. Through his writings he provides many accounts to support his thesis. Whether they be his own experiences when he was a reporter or the static's on the amounts of crime, and drug possession. Even though he brings up many good points that support his thesis, I don't …

…up a good point, "Why do so many Americans choose to live their life in stupidity?" If watching television engages your mind less that other task why do it? In American society the television is used when a person has nothing else to do. Instead of doing nothing at least they are still engaging their mind in something. The television is here to stay because it a means for entertainment when there is no other.