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Originally posted by jv2333:
I think the #1 cause is drugs, not marijuana, I mean meth, crack/cocaine, herion, and all the other nasty crap. That has caused nothing but problems for everyone. Every person in ths country is affected by the drug problems, in some way. think if we could completely elimate the drug problem the world would be a much better place. Also Ive noticed in the past few years tat prescription drugs have been causing lots of problems with teenagers. Im sure thats not the only cause but its probaly #1, or at least in the top 3.
I think the whole prescription thing is a horrible double standard set by our society. Thanks, Baby Boomers. These days they dope you up for anything, even if you watched too much TV as a kid. The message this sends is that its OK to be loaded out of your gourd and that drugs solve everything. If you get your kid geeked up on Ritalin or Wellbutrin by the time he's twelve, then to him a little speed isn't any different. And chemically, they are no different. Kids aren't stupid, they have the ability to find out what Mommy has been giving them. I'm just waiting for the all the cases of 20-30 somethings with Congestive Heart Failure due to all the prescription Amphetamines they've been spoon fed since pre-adolecence to start clogging our health care system competing with all the geriatric baby-boomers and thier addictions to Vicodin, Valium, Xanax, Paxil, and Percocet.