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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's frustrating to me how little of the conversation focuses on why kids wind up doing these drugs and what we could be doing as a society to make it less appeal.

You don't do fentanyl just because you're bored. These are kids who are stressed out, hopeless, probably depressed. [b]Agree with a PP that these are obviously not kids from functional homes because parents would intervene and stop this from happening.[/b] So what could we be doing in schools an din public outreach to help these kids?

But people don't want to help them. They just want them to go away. [/quote]

That's circular reasoning. Kids from "functional" homes don't do this, therefore these kids must not be from "functional" homes.

[b]Bad things happen to good parents too[/b].[/quote]

+1 I know someone who had a a great teen -/ HS athlete, AP classes, etc. He ended up with a sports injury and got hooked on painkillers. Ended up buying pills in college and one had too much fentanyl. Good kid from a good home, real nice parents, UMC, etc. all the things DCUM would approve of and eh still OD’d and passed away.

I’m sure there are more risk factors for kids in unstable homes. But don’t pretend kids from “functional” homes are immune to this. It’s truly scary and can happen to anyone’s kids. [/quote]

+2.  One of my biggest fears.[/quote]

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