[Saije]

I understand parents are busy but you have to wonder sometimes, not to catch on to what's happening with their kids. Maybe they don't want to know?

[Huskrrrr]

Very sad. Heroin addiction is much tougher to kick than alcohol.

[sinanju]

“...Experts trace the spike in heroin use to its widespread availability and low cost. A bag of heroin can sell for $5 to $25 and induce a six- to eight-hour high, according to officials and former users. Cocaine, by comparison, can cost $40 to $60 for a 30-minute high, while prescription painkillers like Vicodin or OxyContin sell for upward of $40 a pill on the street...”

“..One of Jonathan’s friends, a 21-year-old former addict from Long Island named Brian, said heroin was cheaper, and often more available, than marijuana or ecstasy.”

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That’s quite a statement. If heroin is that cheap and available, we’re in big trouble. We need to win in Afghanistan for more compelling reasons than just fighting islamofascism.

[chris37]

Requiem For a Dream. Excellent movie about serious addiction. Not for kids.

[GovernmentShrinker]

The parents all drink alcohol. Has pretty much the same effect as heroin, making the user feel like everything’s fine, when everything is NOT fine. One drink after a long day at the office, and it seems just fine that your skinny adolescent is getting skinnier and always seems to be either out “with friends” or behind a closed bedroom door. Hey, kids are just like that. What could be wrong? He’s getting nearly all As in school. He’s fine.

The kids learned this approach to life from their parents, and just figured they’d improve on it by using something a little stronger.

[kcvl]

“My mom thought I was smoking a lot of weed and taking diet pills"

I guess her 'mom' thought that was okay? No wonder she moved on to something stronger. Hello, 'mom' pay attention to your daughter!

[MrPiper]

barely in their teens when they took their first hit of marijuana or sip of alcohol, propelling them on dark journeys they couldn’t seem to escape. Within a couple of years, they were in heroin’s grip.

I don' get it. My first beer was at 15, tried to smoke a J at 18. Never did again and never touched another drug other than beer, never wanted to.

What makes these kids different?... maybe money? I was broke until I was 25 and more worried about gas money, keeping my junk car running and a better job than drugs. Drugs were expensive, did they get cheap?

[CalvaryJohn]

I got ripped off by two little heroin addicts living with me. I’m pretty wise about drugs, but had no idea they were junkies.

[lefty-lie-spy]

You’re trying to be the smartest, trying to compete with everyone.”

Whaaaaaaah. /violin