Teens’ use of injected drugs rises

The Journal Gazette (IN) ^ | Aug. 01, 2006 | Kelly Soderlund

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The use of injected drugs such as heroin, methamphetamine and steroids is at an all-time high for high school seniors [...] Except for 12th-graders, the percentage of students who reported using marijuana in northeast Indiana was lower than the state average in every grade. “I think we can attribute that to our primary prevention efforts in the schools and in the communities,” Gassman said.

Way to set your priorities. All hail the War On Weed!

[mysterio]

Well, I guess persecuting allergy sufferers didn't work out like they planned. but I'm sure they don't want to admit defeat. So next, they're going after..... MOTHBALLS!

Seriously. I kid you not.

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The failed war on some drugs is a farce.

[Know your rights]

The failed war on some drugs is a farce.

An expensive and unconstitutional one, at that.

[A CA Guy]

Despite your obsession of your sacrament of weed, I do believe it all is the target of anti-drug activities.

There is not only a focus on pot, they are after it all. It is just that pot is the most frequently abused more than likely, and as you know is a gateway drug.

[mysterio]

If you keep bumping this thread, the WOD cheerleaders are going to show up and call us mean names.

[mysterio]

Correlation is not causation. If it were, the ultimate gateways would be water and oxygen.

[Know your rights]

Despite your obsession of your sacrament of weed

Still lying about me, I see.

There is not only a focus on pot, they are after it all.

Then how did they let injectable drugs increase while pot decreased?

It is just that pot is the most frequently abused more than likely, and as you know is a gateway drug.

As you know, the "gateway drug" theory is bunk.

[Know your rights]

"Gateway to Nowhere? The evidence that pot doesn't lead to heroin." - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1669748/posts

[A CA Guy]

What makes you think law enforcement lets ANYTHING regarding drugs just happen?

What if the trends just change from month to month and law enforcement has to adjust?

Murder goes up and down and law enforcement adjusts what they do there as well.

[Know your rights]

If you keep bumping this thread, the WOD cheerleaders are going to show up and call us mean names.

Like claiming we have a "sacrament of weed"? The WODdies are truly without shame.

[Know your rights]

What if the trends just change from month to month

So you disagree with the law enforcement officer who took credit for the decline in pot?

[A CA Guy]

Pot often leads to experimentation and the mixing of it with everything from alcohol to hard drugs.

Any acceptance of it in our culture will only spread addiction.
Best to shun it and users.

Users should be smart and not use it in public.

[A CA Guy]

Over a half decade you can see a trend of whether law enforcement is in the right direction.
If the trend is going well, sure they can take some credit for figuring out a decent strategy, but I think they have to constantly stay on top of it or it could easily be on the rise again.

It reminds me a lot of dealing with terrorism.

[Know your rights]

Pot often leads to experimentation and the mixing of it with everything from alcohol to hard drugs.

You've got it backward ... alcohol use comes first, which is why those who believe in "gateway drugs" cite alcohol as one.

And pot doesn't "often" lead to anything; most of those who use pot do not go on to use harder drugs.

Any acceptance of it in our culture will only spread addiction.

Then why don't you support a complete ban on all use of the addictive drugs alcohol as you do for marijuana?

[A CA Guy]

If anyone under 21 is getting alcohol, that would be terribly abusive.
I think it is far less likely to get stuck on alcohol or pot/drugs if there is no contributing to the delinquency of a minor (children).

[Know your rights]

So you support marijuana being legal for those over 21?

[A CA Guy]

No, unless they are dying and need it for relieving their pain from an illness like cancer.

[Know your rights]

Then why should the more harmful drug alcohol be legal for those over 21?

[tacticalogic]

I think it is far less likely to get stuck on alcohol or pot/drugs if there is no contributing to the delinquency of a minor (children).

If you want to help the situation you can start by getting over the idea that alcohol and drugs are two different things.

[A CA Guy]

You never have to be drunk or harmed by alcohol. It also goes through the stomach which is one of the slowest accesses to inside the body.
Abuse of alcohol is what is wrong and has legal issues.

The problem is kid hear getting drunk and doing pot is cool and it gets glorified among small, immature minds.

I think it mostly takes corrupting a minor to make a good drunk or drug addict.