My cousin in OK once told me her two teenage sons did “Karaoke” several times a month.
I thought they were singing.
No. I heard her wrong .
“Carry Okie” meant serving as pallbearers for a classmate who had OD’ed.
I was stunned. I thought that inner city Boston, where I lived at the time, was bad.
My ex boyfriend died from this horrible addiiction. Was hooked on Oxy.
“My cousin in OK once told me her two teenage sons did “Karaoke” several times a month.”
I observe that a teenager caught with alcohol has the book thrown at them,while a teen caught using heroin is coddled.
Heroin is easier to get, in some cases its cheaper.
My hypothesis is that if you want to put a dent in future heroin addicts? Let teens escape with something less addictive. Let teens drink beer.
The level of vice taxation is such that there are alternatives that are cheaper.
For about 4 years running Oklahoma lead the nation in prescription painkiller addiction.