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Anonymous wrote:Stay classy North Arlington

You’re using the occasion of a kid’s drug overdose to make a stupid comment bashing a neighborhood you don’t like? Take a minute and consider why you’re so bitter and weighted down with that kind of baggage. It’s gross.

Defensive much? A lot of people don't like your neighborhood, your blonde ponytail, and white Highlander and/or Lexus SUV. #sorrynotsorry

DP. Doubling down on the stupidity and immaturity. Chef’s kiss to the hashtag. I’m going to guess you can’t afford North Arlington.

Guys. Yes fentanyl is scary but believing ever rumor that comes out about fentanyl is not a way to get across to your kids not to try drugs. Your kid is going to dismiss that because it all sounds ridiculous. Just like I dismissed similar statements about other drugs in the 90s. Learn the facts and be real with your kids.

Also alcohol is more of a gateway drug than Marijuana so be open with your kids about that too.

And for those who blame it on a certain race or income class. I am white. I hade straight As, top of my class in HS, college, and law school. I am an addict (sober since 2003). No one is immune.

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Anonymous wrote:Time to bring scared straight back into schools.

And Nancy Regan "JUST SAY NO!" Drug-free zones.

I was scared to try anything!

the "this is your brain on drugs" commercial and "I learned it from watching you" commercials were pretty effective on me, frankly.

And the after school specials. Scared the hell out of me.

I wonder if the fentanyl stuff will scare this upcoming generation off of experimenting with drugs.

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Anonymous wrote:How do parents who’d have kids who do this stuff afford Arlington?

This is such an ignorant post.

It is completely ignorant, but as a HS ELL teacher in FCPS, the fentanyl issue is hitting the Hispanic community especially hard. It’s true at my own school as well at other schools in the area (ex. The student from Wakefield).

The article in the original post mentioned groups of students skipping school and drinking alcohol. Also confined to a certain group?

I'm curious how every bleeding heart in APS just writes it off as: well its the Hispanics. The same people that wax poetically at how proud they are to send their kids to schools with such diversity.

Hockey parent here who spends a ALOT of time at Ballston mall because of the ice rink.

The stairwell was a notorious weed smoking factory. Over the past year, I’ve smelled the aftermath more than I’ve seen the smokers, but that said — these kids most likely look like the ones in your own homes.

Don’t think for a single second that this is a lower income or minority issue at Ballston. I don’t know what happened today, but the the kids who frequent this mall have resources.

Today it was fetanyl overdoses. They always said marijuana can be a gateway drug for teens…

Cannabis, gummies, almost anything can be laced with fentanyl.

Kids need to understand this.
Even CANDY can have fentanyl in it.
Beware.

There’s zero evidence of candy being laced with fentanyl. This is an important topic, let’s keep it based in fact, but disproved rumors. To be clear, there’s a difference between candy-laced drugs (not a real threat that exists) and drugs made in colors to appeal to kids or look like candy so they don’t get caught as easily.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/health/rainbow-fentanyl-halloween-candy-scare-wellness-partner/index.html

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Anonymous wrote:How do parents who’d have kids who do this stuff afford Arlington?

This has to be a joke. The most UMC suburb near my hometown repeatedly made national news because so many kids OD'ed on heroin in the 90s. You're kidding yourself if you think your HHI or 401k balance means your kid is impervious to national trends, peer pressure, addiction, anything really.

+1,000,000

I know so many APS parents that have such a frickin' disconnect from what is really happening with their teens and their friends. The same entitled and impervious attitude.

Watch 'Traffic" its a lot like the drug Czar's daughter in the rich white school/neighborhood.

My cousin from Greenwich, CT had to be sent to a treatment center in high school, Greenwich High School.

What you all really should watch is the movie Thirteen. It was eye opening. This could happen to ANY OF YOUR CHILDREN.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:How do parents who’d have kids who do this stuff afford Arlington?

This is such an ignorant post.

It is completely ignorant, but as a HS ELL teacher in FCPS, the fentanyl issue is hitting the Hispanic community especially hard. It’s true at my own school as well at other schools in the area (ex. The student from Wakefield).

The article in the original post mentioned groups of students skipping school and drinking alcohol. Also confined to a certain group?

I'm curious how every bleeding heart in APS just writes it off as: well its the Hispanics. The same people that wax poetically at how proud they are to send their kids to schools with such diversity.

Hockey parent here who spends a ALOT of time at Ballston mall because of the ice rink.

The stairwell was a notorious weed smoking factory. Over the past year, I’ve smelled the aftermath more than I’ve seen the smokers, but that said — these kids most likely look like the ones in your own homes.

Don’t think for a single second that this is a lower income or minority issue at Ballston. I don’t know what happened today, but the the kids who frequent this mall have resources.

Lol, the smell of skunk when you walk around the back side of the Arlington week during evening practices is often potent

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Anonymous wrote:Time to bring scared straight back into schools.

And Nancy Regan "JUST SAY NO!" Drug-free zones.

I was scared to try anything!

the "this is your brain on drugs" commercial and "I learned it from watching you" commercials were pretty effective on me, frankly.

And the after school specials. Scared the hell out of me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time to bring scared straight back into schools.

And Nancy Regan "JUST SAY NO!" Drug-free zones.

I was scared to try anything!

the "this is your brain on drugs" commercial and "I learned it from watching you" commercials were pretty effective on me, frankly.

The "this is your brain on drugs" commercials definitely scared me pretty straight. I don't drink much, have no interest in pot, but kind of want to try mushrooms under supervision.

That said, this isn't about illegal drugs, but prescription drug abuse. We have GOT to get over the thinking that just because something is prescribed and legal, that it's safe. It can lead to far more devastating consequences.

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Anonymous wrote:How do parents who’d have kids who do this stuff afford Arlington?

This is such an ignorant post.

It is completely ignorant, but as a HS ELL teacher in FCPS, the fentanyl issue is hitting the Hispanic community especially hard. It’s true at my own school as well at other schools in the area (ex. The student from Wakefield).

The article in the original post mentioned groups of students skipping school and drinking alcohol. Also confined to a certain group?

I'm curious how every bleeding heart in APS just writes it off as: well its the Hispanics. The same people that wax poetically at how proud they are to send their kids to schools with such diversity.

Hockey parent here who spends a ALOT of time at Ballston mall because of the ice rink.

The stairwell was a notorious weed smoking factory. Over the past year, I’ve smelled the aftermath more than I’ve seen the smokers, but that said — these kids most likely look like the ones in your own homes.

Don’t think for a single second that this is a lower income or minority issue at Ballston. I don’t know what happened today, but the the kids who frequent this mall have resources.

Today it was fetanyl overdoses. They always said marijuana can be a gateway drug for teens…

Cannabis, gummies, almost anything can be laced with fentanyl.

Kids need to understand this.
Even CANDY can have fentanyl in it.
Beware.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time to bring scared straight back into schools.

And Nancy Regan "JUST SAY NO!" Drug-free zones.

I was scared to try anything!

the "this is your brain on drugs" commercial and "I learned it from watching you" commercials were pretty effective on me, frankly.

Anonymous wrote:The rich white YHS, WL parents send their teens to the in-house treatment center in Ballston to overcome their drug addictions. It's all repressed and hush-hush.

Somebody has their head in the sand if they can't see this stuff is all over the public schools w/teens right now.

Yep, I know one of them.

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Anonymous wrote:How do parents who’d have kids who do this stuff afford Arlington?

This has to be a joke. The most UMC suburb near my hometown repeatedly made national news because so many kids OD'ed on heroin in the 90s. You're kidding yourself if you think your HHI or 401k balance means your kid is impervious to national trends, peer pressure, addiction, anything really.

+1,000,000

I know so many APS parents that have such a frickin' disconnect from what is really happening with their teens and their friends. The same entitled and impervious attitude.

Watch 'Traffic" its a lot like the drug Czar's daughter in the rich white school/neighborhood.

My cousin from Greenwich, CT had to be sent to a treatment center in high school, Greenwich High School.

What you all really should watch is the movie Thirteen. It was eye opening. This could happen to ANY OF YOUR CHILDREN.

I'm most shocked by the number of mommies on this board think that this could never be their child. Wake up, ladies.

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Anonymous wrote:Stay classy North Arlington

You’re using the occasion of a kid’s drug overdose to make a stupid comment bashing a neighborhood you don’t like? Take a minute and consider why you’re so bitter and weighted down with that kind of baggage. It’s gross.

Defensive much? A lot of people don't like your neighborhood, your blonde ponytail, and white Highlander and/or Lexus SUV. #sorrynotsorry

Anonymous wrote:How do parents who’d have kids who do this stuff afford Arlington?

OMG. Really? RICH WHITE KIDS DO DRUGS TOO, BABY.