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Anonymous
DW and I are 52 and we were talking about this a few night ago, wondering why so many kids are taking this risk. Neither of us have ever tried drugs. We’ve never even smoked cigarettes. I remember it being drilled into us that drugs and smoking were dangerous and we’ve never been curious enough to try. It’s not a religious thing either. We didn’t grow up in what would be considered “religious” households. |
Anonymous
It’s not about being virtuous, but rather wondering why so many kids are willing to take this risk today. What has changed? |
Anonymous
Let’s blame the schools because it can’t be the fault of the parents… |
Anonymous
PP here. I’m not blaming the schools. |
Anonymous
| It's who you are surrounding yourself with... I know plenty of people on both sides of this. People who have experimented with drugs tend to think that 'oh everyone does it'... and people who would never dream of it have surrounded themselves with like minded people.... both groups can exist in a high school and think their reality is the norm. Both groups can exist in a community that way too. |
Anonymous
You are a complete idiot and I am really sorry for your kids. I don't go to church as I was raised in atheist country. The sad thing that you don't understand the issue and justify kids experimenting with. drugs. I hope you will not be the next parent in the video. |
Anonymous
If you know Cayden's parents, you would not be blaming the school. |
Anonymous
Adolescent drug use peaked in 1997 (defined by ever using illicit drugs)--it's gone down quite a bit, and it's lower now than it was in 2021. What is going up are opioid overdoses/deaths--and it seems fentanyl is driving that. |
Anonymous
Social Media and cell phones. It's much easier to communicate with people now than it was when you were a teenager. |
Anonymous
First of all, no one is blaming the school. His parents said that he got the pills from college students home on winter break. Second of all, what are you trying to say about his parents? |
Anonymous
What is WRONG with you? I'm not justifying anyone's drug use, crazy lady. |
Anonymous
You didn't even grow up in this country. So that alone tells me that you know nothing about what it is like to be in high school in the USA. I tried marijuana all of one time in college and didn't like how it made me fell, so I never tried any drug ever again. Stop making ridiculous assumptions about me just because I am being realistic. You asked why this kid would try Percocet? The answer is simply because (1) he was curious and (2) peer pressure. If you think your children will never be exposed to either of those two things, then I have a bridge to sell you... |
Anonymous
You don’t know that for sure. I find it odd that he was hanging out with college kids home from winter break while he was in high school. That to me is a red flag - running with an older crowd? |
Anonymous
Pretty much all risky behavior is way down among teens compared to prior generations since the late 1990s -- drug use, drinking, sex etc. The increase in opioid overdoses is because fentanyl has severe consequences from a couple of milligrams and can be easily laced into anything. It's extraordinarily hard to prevent trafficking because it's so tiny--though there have been some major busts of late. I've seen advice that all parents should just keep Narcan in their first aid kits in case their kids or anyone else they encounter accidentally overdoses on any opioid. The nasal spray can be bought over the counter I believe and is harmless if someone does not have opioids in their system--so you don't have to worry if you don't know for sure the cause. https://health.choc.org/what-parents-should-know-about-over-the-counter-naloxone-narcan-nasal-spray/ |
Anonymous
Are you serious?? They went to the same high school. I was friends with kids older and younger than me in high school. We would absolutely hang out with each other over winter break. There is absolutely nothing unusual about that. Again, you appear to know nothing about American high school culture. |