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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't remember if there's another, similar article, that I can't find, but affluence is a risk factor: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/many-teens-drink-rich-ones-like-kavanaugh-are-more-likely-to-abuse-alcohol/2018/09/28/6bb641aa-c27c-11e8-97a5-ab1e46bb3bc7_story.html?utm_term=.8fda4082a565

All the MS and HS have drugs and alcohol, sure.  But some also have a higher proportion of kids able to afford them, fake IDs, etc., so it becomes normalized.[/quote]

There are a lot of factors. Where I went to HS (not here) it was not definitely NOT affluent although there were a decent amount of kids from families who had enough money to be relatively wealthy for our community. There were drugs EVERYWHERE, enough so that it was normalized. Not just weed and alcohol; even my as a shy nerd who never partied knew people who used acid, ecstacy, cocaine, crack, and heroin (this was before the "opiod epidemic" was a thing)[/quote]

Sure there are a lot of factors, AND affluence is a big one.  Or, as you put it, having enough relative wealth to afford drugs in a low COL area.[/quote]

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