Posted on 11/08/2013 7:48:19 AM PST by BenLurkin
Not to sound cold hearted here, but the parents should have stopped him when he was smoking marijuana. Marijuana is a gateway drug that oftentimes leads to experimentation with "harder" drugs.
Regardless, RIP.
“Cartels are bringing much of it from south of the border”
Only HALF TRUE, 95% of the WORLDS OPIUM is produced in Afghanistan. Heroin was a very minor problem for years and years until, THE US WENT TO AFGHANISTAN. And who exactly is standing guard at the Afghan Borders?? THE US MILITARY, And how do you suppose that much product is moved under the noses of our Military without their Knowledge.?? It isn’t, Our Government has been on both sides of this FOREVER.
Sure would be nice if we had a securable border in this country, wouldn’t it?
Marijuana is also literally up to 10 times stronger than it was back in the doper parents’ generation. Yet not only is “recreational” marijuana legal in many states, it is easier for teenagers to engage in drug use than it is to purchase cigarettes (for which one has to be 21 in many places, as opposed to 18 for drug paraphernalia).
This is so even though it has been shown that marijuana, especially at those concentrations, impacts the development of the brain in teenagers and can result not only in a lifelong drop in IQ, but in the development of paranoia and other psychotic manifestations.
Still, drug use is being virtually encouraged among adolescents. Why is anybody surprised at the results? And why is anybody surprised that they are using heroin as well?
The 20 yr old guy who shot up the mall in Jersey last week was a virtual walking cocktail of drugs, and had been a heavy user of virtually anything he could get his hands on since early adolescence. That’s why he disappeared from the news so fast. Doesn’t go with the peaceful doper meme.
And when he was sneaking alcohol out of your liquor cabinet before that you probably weren't paying attention. Early consumption of alcohol is the biggest preventable factor in substance addiction. Any intoxicant for that matter, but alcohol is by far the most common.
Rehab centers have this in common with prisons.
You’re more likely to learn how to better scam the system, than rehabilitate.
If your rehab isn’t God centered, failure is likely.
Going out on a limb here and assuming this is a white, comfortable family from the suburbs.
Where has the concern for drug use been for the last half-century? Did they think they could keep heroin in the ghettos forever?
The results of the Swiss Heroin-assisted Treatment Program.
Their addiction rate is dropping by 4% a year and they’ve reduced deaths to OD to ZERO. Their rates of hepatitis and AIDS are dropping. They are getting far fewer new addicts each year. Kids are not as attracted to the drug as it’s seen as ‘uncool’. Addicts are always given the opportunity for rehab through the program and many take it. Many addicts manage to work while in the program and are not leaches on the society while fighting addiction.
There are much more effective ways to fight drugs.
How come I never see FReeper drug warriors addressing the worst “gateway drugs”: legal pharmaceuticals. Sure, if you start smoking marijuana, you might proceed to harder drugs. However, if you get hooked on legally prescribed pain killers, you automatically ARE hooked on heroin, because opiate addiction doesn’t discriminate between brand names.
sarcasm
But......that would be racist, wouldn't it?
FReeper drug warriorsSeek help.
Especially women on the side of the highway and old men who roll through stop signs! (We all know they’re the most dangerous.) /s
Thanks for mentioning this…while reading the article I found myself wondering if this family had God as a central focus of their lives….not meant as a criticism just a question
You are exactly right; every American kid hooked on heroin or who OD’s on it is, in my opinion, another casualty of our war in Afghanistan.
I was a deputy prosecutor for 18 years and have practiced criminal defense for the last 10. Heroin abuse/addiction was very rare, until about 2005. At that point, it exploded. Now its everywhere; not just in the inner city, but its rampant in the suburbs. In our jurisdiction, it is far more of a problem than meth.
And it’s all coming from Afghanistan. Not every member of our armed forces is a choir boy. The gangs have infiltrated the armed forces for this very purpose. We need to leave that place, now.
You might appreciate this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsk8R_j5zzg
A presentation by LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition). A group of retired cops, DEA agents, judges, and lawyers who understand that the WOD is expensive and ineffective.
I am not ‘pro-drug’. I am against an ineffective strategy that militarizes our police and treats honest citizens like criminals. I am against policy that gives us the opposite of it’s stated intent. I think that we can do better.
Maybe I missed it, but I didn’t see any reference to the family’s faith or whether or not they’re Church-goin’ folks.
Just wondering if they asked God for help.
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