Call me naive had no idea the drug problem is this bad in the DMV area

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Anonymous wrote:Not comfortable revealing which school as i don't feel its fair as some of those parents could be on this chat. It is considered to be by pretty much all one of the best. But I am hearing this from others in other schools, as in its worse than ever but very concealed. Especially with prominent more high profiles families. My friends sister is a counselor at another top school and told us this is a huge issue going on right now and that tons of kids are buying kratom at their local gas stations has not idea why it was until today! Bottom line is this appears to be a huge epidemic that not many are openly discussing. One of the kids is a friend of mine and she was the one who opened up my eyes- I was so shocked as they are a very well respected upstanding family and i had no idea about her son, I was shocked. still am and it makes me think about testing my own kid, something i never thought to do. I am educating myself on all of this especially the ability to buy the synthetic kratom which is terrifying.

Public or private, sweetie? By saying 4 kids in rehab you've already outed yourself to other parents by the way.

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Anonymous wrote:Make sure your kids carry narcan and know how to use it. And put the fear of god into them re: fentanyl. It is so, so scary.

Pushing back on this. As scary and horrible as it is, I don’t think minors have a responsibility to take it on themselves to have narcan at the ready.

They could save a life. I have responsible teens and I have still taken narcan training and have it at home.

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Anonymous wrote:what i am saying is that kids are using hard drugs, opioids, synethtics like kratom, xaxan likes it aspirin, pot is the least of it. The situation is very bad. My friend who is a counselor says there has been a task formed with several schools to address it. Not all families involved are wealthy but 3 are and no one really knew until recently. One is my friend so she came out and opened up to me. It has destroyed them. The son is away for months now hopefully getting the help he needs. Ironically the kid who gave him the pill laced with fentanyl was one of his teammates. They have hired an attorney but this "ring" goes apparently really deep and they are not sure thy want to make this public for many reasons. not sure what will happen. just wanted to give a heads up to everyone. these kids i refer to are your all American well rounded, well liked kids- i was and am still shocked. and these are the ones I know of, am sure there are more.

I don't know how you could be so clueless. Everyone knows this, OP. It could be your kid, it could be any kid. We're not stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:Top school means rich parents, which is why you'd see so many kids in rehab. Drug problems are everywhere, but most people can't afford rehab.

This is not necessarily true. There are substance abuse services available through insurance. Some PHP and IOP offer substance abuse services in addition to mental health services. Although obscure having money can but you more services.

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I don't think the school is relevant here. Its the message to EVERY parent, girl or boy, athlete or not, smart or not, rich or not- it does not discriminate. Just be wise.

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Anonymous wrote:So you don’t think kids used marijuana when it was illegal? I have a bridge to sell you. Also, the Dems didn’t do this: “On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Attorney General to expedite the process of reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act.”

You realize reclassification to Schedule III didn’t change the federal illegality of marijuana, nor did it change the status in any state where marijuana was illegal on 12/17/25, right?

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Cocaine is really big at high SES parent get togethers now. It’s everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Slightly different topic but I have heard of SO MUCH COCAINE USE in college this year. I can probably name 20 kids I know personally who have done it or do it regularly. Good kids, wild kids, smart kids, dumb kids. Ivies, publics, privates. Top schools, mid schools. It's everywhere and so many are doing it--many of whom I would never, ever expect to do it.

It's always been this way anywhere there is a combination of money and pressure. Cocaine and massive amounts of off the books Adderall are particularly popular with smart, high performers. Been this way since I was in boarding school years ago and certainly on Wall Street. Everyone looks the other way unless it's totally out of control.

Not like this. It's every boy I know at this point.

How would you know? Are you a 20yo college student?

My kids talk about it. It's grads from Jackson Reed, Walls, Catholics and Big3 privates. It crosses all high schools and colleges. Not any one crowd.
I have boys but I imagine it's girls too.
The only ones not doing it are apparently the children of DCUM posters.

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Anonymous wrote:Slightly different topic but I have heard of SO MUCH COCAINE USE in college this year. I can probably name 20 kids I know personally who have done it or do it regularly. Good kids, wild kids, smart kids, dumb kids. Ivies, publics, privates. Top schools, mid schools. It's everywhere and so many are doing it--many of whom I would never, ever expect to do it.

It's always been this way anywhere there is a combination of money and pressure. Cocaine and massive amounts of off the books Adderall are particularly popular with smart, high performers. Been this way since I was in boarding school years ago and certainly on Wall Street. Everyone looks the other way unless it's totally out of control.

8 deaths at my daughter’s medium sized high school over a few years. A combination of drugs, suicide and drunk driving.

People use the word smart and it’s just a throw away word, it describes nothing. It’s a roll of the dice who uses casually and who gets addicted.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think the school is relevant here. Its the message to EVERY parent, girl or boy, athlete or not, smart or not, rich or not- it does not discriminate. Just be wise.

This. Only the paranoid survive.

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Anonymous wrote:I think drugs have always been a lot more prevalent than parents know. When I was in high school (early 2000s) probably a good 70% of students did some form of drugs and probably 99% of their parents either did not know or even if they suspected had a "don't ask don't tell" policy as long as they kept their grades up.

Obviously the vast majority of those students were only doing pot or alcohol but a decent number (maybe 20%) were doing hallucinogens, and a handful of kids got into heroin and other hard drugs. Cocaine wasn't super popular at my public school but the private school kids loved it. I couldn't tell you a percentage or anything but every private school party I went to had cocaine in some amount. St. Albans and Landon were the notorious coke schools but that might have changed in the past 25 years.

If you do decide to give your kids drug tests, I'd recommend letting them know explicitly that occasional pot use is fine. Otherwise they're just going to circumvent the test entirely (synthetic urine is readily available and easily fools home drug tests) and you will be no better off than not testing. If they know they're not going to get in trouble for a little pot you'll be way more likely to get honest test results.

That being said, drug testing should be an absolute last resort only used if you have good reason to suspect they're using dangerous drugs. It will destroy any credibility and goodwill you have with your kids and put you into an adversarial relationship with them that will likely never recover.

Absolutely NO pot is "fine"

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Blame maga

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Anonymous wrote:Slightly different topic but I have heard of SO MUCH COCAINE USE in college this year. I can probably name 20 kids I know personally who have done it or do it regularly. Good kids, wild kids, smart kids, dumb kids. Ivies, publics, privates. Top schools, mid schools. It's everywhere and so many are doing it--many of whom I would never, ever expect to do it.

It's always been this way anywhere there is a combination of money and pressure. Cocaine and massive amounts of off the books Adderall are particularly popular with smart, high performers. Been this way since I was in boarding school years ago and certainly on Wall Street. Everyone looks the other way unless it's totally out of control.

Not like this. It's every boy I know at this point.

How would you know? Are you a 20yo college student?

My kids talk about it. It's grads from Jackson Reed, Walls, Catholics and Big3 privates. It crosses all high schools and colleges. Not any one crowd.
I have boys but I imagine it's girls too.
The only ones not doing it are apparently the children of DCUM posters.

Which drug do your boys prefer?

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Anonymous wrote:Slightly different topic but I have heard of SO MUCH COCAINE USE in college this year. I can probably name 20 kids I know personally who have done it or do it regularly. Good kids, wild kids, smart kids, dumb kids. Ivies, publics, privates. Top schools, mid schools. It's everywhere and so many are doing it--many of whom I would never, ever expect to do it.

It's always been this way anywhere there is a combination of money and pressure. Cocaine and massive amounts of off the books Adderall are particularly popular with smart, high performers. Been this way since I was in boarding school years ago and certainly on Wall Street. Everyone looks the other way unless it's totally out of control.

Not like this. It's every boy I know at this point.

How would you know? Are you a 20yo college student?

My kids talk about it. It's grads from Jackson Reed, Walls, Catholics and Big3 privates. It crosses all high schools and colleges. Not any one crowd.
I have boys but I imagine it's girls too.
The only ones not doing it are apparently the children of DCUM posters.

And every boy you "know" is doing coke and/or adderall?

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Anonymous wrote:yes cocaine is widely used but its not killing kids the way the opioids are (many laced with fentanyl) that's the truly horrifying part. NO SCHOOL is exempt from this, so please stop clutching you pearls and understand this does not discriminate.

True.

China is very intentionally waging a reverse-opium war against the U.S. and the EU. Fentanyl is everywhere.