A day in the life of U.S. teens: thousands do drugs »
Posted By STONERS 11 months, 3 weeks ago in StyleA snapshot of an average day in the lives of U.S. teens shows hundreds of thousands are smoking, drinking and ingesting illegal drugs, according to a report from the federal government.
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STONERS11 months, 3 weeks ago
"On an average day, nearly 1.2 million teenagers smoked cigarettes, 631,000 drank and 586,000 used marijuana, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found."
"Nearly 50,000 used inhalants, 27,000 used hallucinogens, 13,000 used cocaine and 3,800 used heroin, SAMHSA said in its report."
(Wow- thats alot..)
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STONERS11 months, 3 weeks ago
"In the United States in 2006, one-third of adolescents aged 12 to 17 drank alcohol in the past year, one-fifth used an illicit drug and one-sixth smoked," the report reads.
The report is based on a number of surveys, but mostly the National Survey on Drug Use, which uses in-depth interviews of more than 60,000 people.
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Teech11 months, 3 weeks ago
Gee, you speak as if these are bad things!
I'm not surprised to see that adolescents haven't changed much....since I was one in the 60's ! I'm told, however, that the quality of the sh!t available to the latest crop of youngsters is far superior to what was available to my generation.
Rock on, kids! Nobody could tell me anything! I knew it all and demanded to experience it. Fortunately, I survived it....and am older, wiser, and perhaps stronger as a result.
God (or whomever you believe in) bless all you kids. You'll need it with the 10 trillion national debt and the mess in the middle east we have left you! You'll need it even more when your parents install the next Neocon Republican Regime in 2008!
Iran? North Korea? Saudi Arabia? No universal health care or job benefits? Kids, you ain't seen nothin' yet!
Depressing? Hell, I think I'll go get stoned!
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Blackacereturn11 months, 3 weeks ago
our school system did this, instead of spending some extra time with a hyper kid, let put them on drugs to keep them calm. Thank god for my grandmother who said they never had to do this in my days and the kids were just as hyper. She said back then the kids were afraid of the teachers so she made me fear them ever having to call the house, cured my hype in no time.
Thing is we have created this culture of drug use over the counter how long would it take for kids to try other mind changing drugs?
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earthlingerer11 months, 3 weeks ago
Most people getting "help" get it ONLY as an option to jail, or financial punishment.
And most of these people forced into "help" are there because they got caught, not because they need it. If you look around, the people who really NEED help are locked out of it because the courts push people who don't need it there as punishment.
It's truly hard to realize that most people use substances responsibly, and aren't addicts or problem users.
That said, people under 21 shouldn't be using drugs (tobacco especially) or alcohol at all. It's this pattern that causes life long using.
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saneman11 months, 3 weeks ago
The intelligence of the kids these days is dropping as low as their jeans are dropping. A lot of them walk around with their jeans below their waists. They are looking more goofy every day.
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Commodore111 months, 3 weeks ago
Well as teens we seem to think were indestructible and that we can handle it. Unfortunately most continue w/this until they are adults and suddenly experience a major health problem. How do we break down teen arrogance?
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earthlingerer11 months, 3 weeks ago
At best that's a lie. Most kids who try drugs, or even a lot of drinking tend to grow out of it.
Risky behavior is a characteristic of human adolescents. To try and break that pattern of behavior, like driving fast, drinking or drugs, or dangerous activities is like trying to teach a dog to talk... you can't do it, the species isn't "wired" for it.
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DanmLiberals11 months, 3 weeks ago
that's a cop-out. Saying that there is no problem because we are wired for crazy behavior is like saying there is no problem that we are in Iraq because we are wired to go to war.
Chimps fight territorial battles in the jungles of Africa. So I guess it's just a natural thing for us to fight territorial battles around the world cuz we are "wired for it".
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earthlingerer11 months, 3 weeks ago
MTV doesn't even allow drug references, and certainly doesn't have much going in ways of promoting smoking.
PARENTS and other adults promote this kind of behavior. Where do you think most teens are getting their smokes? their alcohol? Their MONEY to buy ANY of this stuff?
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PsychoHosebeast11 months, 3 weeks ago
What idiot would give this comment a neg response? Must be one of the aforementioned parents, in denial.
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