I had a "drug" problem when I was a kid growing up here in the Ozarks, when I was a young rebellious person, when I was a know-it-all teenager that some folks nowadays call a SNERT. (A SNERT is a Snot Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager) when I was a young rude,crude and prude whipper-snapper, When I was a "Baby Muleskinner"..... When I was a "Baby Baldknobber"..... When I was a young boy growing up here in the Show me State Ozark Mountains around Branson, Missouri. When I was a young boy I had to be "Showed". My Ozark Mountain Daddy was always glad to oblige me, when I would rare up and kick and buck and snort and rebel, like an onery young Missouri Mule.

I was drugged!

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I was "drug" to church on Sunday morning. I was "drug" to church on Sunday night. I was "drug" to church on Wednesday night. I was "drug" to Sunday School every week. I was "drug" to Vacation Bible School. I was "drug" to the family altar to read the Holy Bible and pray. I was also "drug" to the woodshed when I disobeyed my folks.

My Ozark Mountain Daddy could whip the fire from my butt in a New York minute, which is forty nine and one half seconds. He would make my tender little butt smoke like an old freight train smokes along the old railroad track going through the old town of Melva, Missouri.

I used to a get a real "Barnyard Whippin" when I'd sneak off behind Dad's Missouri Mule Barn to smoke a Green Grapevine, or Coffee Grounds, or a cigarette I'd stolem from him when he wasn't looking.

Cause I got caught!

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Like old Mark Twain used to say: "When I was young, I thought my folks were kinda' dumb. But in just a few short years, after I got a little older, it was really amazing how much my folks had learned."

So, I praise the good Lord for when I used to get "drugged" on an Ozark Mountain High .

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Those "drugs" are still flowing in my veins today; and they affect my behavior in every thing I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack or heroin, and if our children had this kind of "drug" problem, America would certainly be a better place to live and dwell in.

That mean old SNERT-DEVIL tried to ride Rough-Shod through my peace and tranquility when I was a kid. The Devil comes to rob steal and destroy our kids, he always has and he always will!

I never prevaricate or lie, (Those two words have the same meaning) When I say Praise the good Lord For "Gittin' Drugged" and a good old Ozark Mountain High!