Throughout history, drugs have played an important and deadly role in the demise of many cultures. In this lecture the negative effects of narcotics are discussed from a historical perspective. Dangers of how substance abuse destroys individuals and families are highlighted, giving the audience important facts with which to deal with drugs and drug related problems in their own lives.

Khalid Griggs is the imam of the Community Mosque as well as a public school teacher in Winstom-Salem, North Carolina. He is the former chairman of the Television Access Corporation of Winston-Salem and is currently the president of DawaNet