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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]been happening for along time, things most parents don't think about when they turn a blind eye to casual drinking a pot smoking and then kids try to reach that original high and can never reach it so they turn to other things.

sure, argue alcohol and pot are harmless or your kid can handle it as long as they get good grades etc.  Many other parents thought the same, fortunately I got help and i was just like your kids from the W schools and private schools.

Signed a recovering addict [/quote]Thus the heroin epidemics in Colorado and Washington and Oregon, right? All that legalized pot in OH, PA and WVA and MD must be pushing users for more more more.  :shock: [/quote]

Yes, WA has a huge heroin epidemic.  I live in the eastern suburbs of Seattle - home to Microsoft, Google, Amazon techies and high HHI families.  Three students in a 1400 student high school died in 2016.  Heroin and meth are also issues for the lower class rural communities.

http://www.kirklandreporter.com/news/384106411.html

But the good news is that the tax payers in Seattle will soon fund safe shoot up locations.   :roll:  :shock:

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As they should. And I'm a conservative.  Drugs are not going away. Americans are very broken and many have serious mental health problems which lead to drug use. Pot doesn't lead to addiction, personal problems and mental health problems  lead to drug addiction . it costs much much more to treat the addict for hep C, aids, and blood poisioning from dirty needles. Taxpayers are ALREADY funding drug addict fall out. Plus having these addicts passed out in drug dens is no good for the surrounding communities.[/quote]

There are also some police departments that are stocking up on naloxone to treat overdoes and offering amnesty to people who are addicted who come in looking for help.  The goal is to stop criminalizing the behavior so people can come out of the shadows to get help.

http://www.cityrm.org/612/Second-Chance-Heroin-Amnesty-Program[/quote]

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