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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are missing the point.  It is well known that teens and young adults take risks that flirt with death that older people will not.  This is a desirable trait in a soldier, which is why recruitment in times of war focuses heavily on males in this age group.  When the pre-frontal cortex is fully developed around age 24 or 25, people become far less likely to take these risks.  You could also look at auto incident statistics by demographic.  There is a reason young people pay higher premiums.

This relates to drug taking in young people--even if objectively they know there are risks they are much more likely than older people to think they can manage the risks and that the risks are overblown, as well as to fail to comprehend and/or care about longer term consequences.  The people saying it's a choice are looking at it from the vantage point of a mature adult.  But it is kind of like saying it's a choice if a toddler sticks his finger into a light socket.  (And since you are so literal--yes I know this is an extreme analogy.) [/quote]

Not disagreeing with you here on risk taking behavior by teens - but your analogy on choosing to get high vs. choosing military service was asinine.

Am, however, disagreeing with the implication that risk taking behavior by teens means they are absolved of responsibility.  It is still a choice, a product of poor decision making.  You can talk until you are blue in the face externalizing the blame, but in the end, your prep school son or daughter went out seeking a regular high and that is what got them addicted.[/quote]

Of course it's a poor choice.  But teens make lots and lots of poor choices that adults don't make, which is my point.  This makes them much more susceptible to addiction in a way that adults are not.  You can't expect teens making the bad choice to have the same deep knowledge, experience, and executive function as an adult with regard to the consequences of the choice.  It's a different standard.[/quote]

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