Forum: Close to Home
Topic: What factors in a child's family and environment do you think increase his or her risk for substance addiction?
Topic Posted by: Close To HomeDate Posted: Wed Mar 18 15:22:22 1998
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Posted by: Alve
Date posted: Thu Mar 26 9:01:10 1998
Subject: The War
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The war on drugs put drugs in the most sensitive areas of are society. We have turned the manufacturing and distribution of drugs over to the black market. These people have no scruples as to who they’ll sell too. That’s why we now have 13yr old dealers and 12yr old addicts. ** Survey after survey show are kids have easier access to illicit drugs than legal ones such as tobacco (think about that). 90% of teens say illicit drugs are easy to get, 50% say they can get illicit drugs within an hour. ** The dropout rate is appalling. At some schools it’s over 50%. Why should a kid stay in school when he can get rich dealing drugs? This is the message that too many young people are getting.
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