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Why are so many on drugs today???
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 504526" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>in my opinion pot and alcohol are used pretty much alike and for the same reason. As a total non-drinker (I have never been drunk in my life) with a non-drinking husband, I can tell you that your social life suffers and you are not invited to as many parties if you don't do either. Hub and I are fine with that...we don't like to party and are ok with a few other drug-free friends. I never did get why anyone had fun acting stupid...and sometimes blurting out things they wish they hadn't said the next morning. I'm not even talking about alcoholics...I mean social drinkers.</p><p></p><p>Until our society stops using alcohol (the biggest gateway drug)as a way of being accepted, both adults and children will find substances appealing. Even as an adult, I am under tremendous peer pressure to "oh, come on, at least have one drink." If adults act this way and put pressure on their friends, kids are going to do it too. In a way, they are copying us. Some of my daughter's friends see their parents getting together every weekend and they definitely end up drunk and silly in front of the kids.</p><p></p><p>I don't think we are going to get rid of pot or alcohol anytime soon. It's everywhere and it's more accepted to do it than not to do it. Heck, in spite of my daughter having never seen either me or her father drunk, she was a drug addict. She got that from her environment outside of the house, not in it. It is a big temptation for any teen who wants to be accepted and is not comfortable in his/her skin or has a tendency toward depression or who is seeing chaos at home. They use drugs for the same reasons that adults do. in my opinion the kids who see the adults drinking probably think, "Wow, that looks like fun." These people sometimes get sick enough to be puking, although most are just at that "silly, silly" phase. However, they often do say inappropriate or sexual things when they are at that stage. </p><p></p><p>Until alcohol stops becoming synanamous with having a good time, I don't see our kids turning to other things for fun if they are in that vulnerable category. Of course, there ARE kids who do not use drugs...my younger daughter neither uses drugs nor drinks. But she is self-confident and a very good athlete. My older daughter did not have the same personality traits that can be buffers against substance abuse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 504526, member: 1550"] in my opinion pot and alcohol are used pretty much alike and for the same reason. As a total non-drinker (I have never been drunk in my life) with a non-drinking husband, I can tell you that your social life suffers and you are not invited to as many parties if you don't do either. Hub and I are fine with that...we don't like to party and are ok with a few other drug-free friends. I never did get why anyone had fun acting stupid...and sometimes blurting out things they wish they hadn't said the next morning. I'm not even talking about alcoholics...I mean social drinkers. Until our society stops using alcohol (the biggest gateway drug)as a way of being accepted, both adults and children will find substances appealing. Even as an adult, I am under tremendous peer pressure to "oh, come on, at least have one drink." If adults act this way and put pressure on their friends, kids are going to do it too. In a way, they are copying us. Some of my daughter's friends see their parents getting together every weekend and they definitely end up drunk and silly in front of the kids. I don't think we are going to get rid of pot or alcohol anytime soon. It's everywhere and it's more accepted to do it than not to do it. Heck, in spite of my daughter having never seen either me or her father drunk, she was a drug addict. She got that from her environment outside of the house, not in it. It is a big temptation for any teen who wants to be accepted and is not comfortable in his/her skin or has a tendency toward depression or who is seeing chaos at home. They use drugs for the same reasons that adults do. in my opinion the kids who see the adults drinking probably think, "Wow, that looks like fun." These people sometimes get sick enough to be puking, although most are just at that "silly, silly" phase. However, they often do say inappropriate or sexual things when they are at that stage. Until alcohol stops becoming synanamous with having a good time, I don't see our kids turning to other things for fun if they are in that vulnerable category. Of course, there ARE kids who do not use drugs...my younger daughter neither uses drugs nor drinks. But she is self-confident and a very good athlete. My older daughter did not have the same personality traits that can be buffers against substance abuse. [/QUOTE]
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