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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I attended high school in Farifax county in the 90's.

The "drug problem" was occurring back then and there were kids going to residential rehab.

It's not new and it's no more or less accessible today then it was then.  I can recall similar news stories back in the day about how in the 90's that it was easier then ever for kids to buy drugs and more kids than ever were going to rehab, etc.

I do not think parents are less involved or less concerned. I do think that all teenagers have less parental involvement in their day to day academic and social lives because that's developmentally appropriate and that parents realize that.

The same people who are saying the parents are uninvolved and too career focused then claim the same parents are too over involved and focused on their snowflake getting advantages come college application time.

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No, drinking and drugs in high school isn't a new phenomenon. I did both in high school but this is different.

When you were in high school was it known that the best drugs were being sold by the "popular" girls on the sports teams? 
Were at least 2 ambulances full of 14 and 15 year old hypothermic kids taken to the hospital following a sports game because they passed out drunk/high in the freezing weather? 
Were parents hosting large drinking parties in their homes for their 9th graders so "they can learn how to drink before they get to college"?[/quote]
I went to Woodson in the 90s and kids were routinely high at school. There were large drinking parties parents turned a blind eye to. I would've had an easier time getting LSD or coke in HS than at any other time in my life. [/quote]

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