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So confused...20 yr old woke up in ER
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 674385" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>A few studies have shown that the D.A.R.E program encourages drug use in kids who have been through it.</p><p></p><p>I don't have cites, unfortunately, so you'll have to consider the info anecdotal, but apparently, the program isn't worth much. I read one account recently by a teen who posted up on a drug board that I frequent, that his "realization that D.A.R.E was BS occurred when he got out of class and ran into his D.A.R.E instructor out grabbing a smoke.</p><p></p><p>The big reason these kids try this stuff for the first time is boredom and because their peers are doing so.</p><p></p><p>Today's teens are growing up with a sense of ennui that arises because they have never learned to live in their own heads and entertain themselves. </p><p></p><p>Life is a scary place and they don't have the tools to deal with it.</p><p></p><p>One of big reasons I started studying illegal drugs and users was that I felt it was a type of knowledge I could contribute to this board where I couldn't contribute knowledge of child-rearing.</p><p></p><p>My personal knowledge of illegal drugs was fairly extensive as i was into that lifestyle for 4 years from 16-20, but that was so long ago as to have little use in modern times.</p><p></p><p>There are certain drugs i can speak of from experience that haven't changed, but the bulk of what's out there today I haven't heard of, let alone tried, so I study and I read up on experiences.</p><p></p><p>A lot of what is out there will break your heart. I find myself weeping often reading these boards. Especially when i read the shrines set up listing board members who have passed on. So many young lives lost.</p><p></p><p>And the brilliance and depth of the writing on these boards. These are intelligent young (mostly) people who are wasting their lives.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile. If there are any questions I can ask, be they what, why, how, please feel free to contact me either on the board or by PM.</p><p></p><p>I'm doing this so i can help parents AND children.</p><p></p><p>I'm still here for cat and dog and horse and fish questions, as well, and would, frankly find them to be a welcome relief at this point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 674385, member: 1963"] A few studies have shown that the D.A.R.E program encourages drug use in kids who have been through it. I don't have cites, unfortunately, so you'll have to consider the info anecdotal, but apparently, the program isn't worth much. I read one account recently by a teen who posted up on a drug board that I frequent, that his "realization that D.A.R.E was BS occurred when he got out of class and ran into his D.A.R.E instructor out grabbing a smoke. The big reason these kids try this stuff for the first time is boredom and because their peers are doing so. Today's teens are growing up with a sense of ennui that arises because they have never learned to live in their own heads and entertain themselves. Life is a scary place and they don't have the tools to deal with it. One of big reasons I started studying illegal drugs and users was that I felt it was a type of knowledge I could contribute to this board where I couldn't contribute knowledge of child-rearing. My personal knowledge of illegal drugs was fairly extensive as i was into that lifestyle for 4 years from 16-20, but that was so long ago as to have little use in modern times. There are certain drugs i can speak of from experience that haven't changed, but the bulk of what's out there today I haven't heard of, let alone tried, so I study and I read up on experiences. A lot of what is out there will break your heart. I find myself weeping often reading these boards. Especially when i read the shrines set up listing board members who have passed on. So many young lives lost. And the brilliance and depth of the writing on these boards. These are intelligent young (mostly) people who are wasting their lives. Meanwhile. If there are any questions I can ask, be they what, why, how, please feel free to contact me either on the board or by PM. I'm doing this so i can help parents AND children. I'm still here for cat and dog and horse and fish questions, as well, and would, frankly find them to be a welcome relief at this point. [/QUOTE]
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