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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 5 months ago

“Unprecedented” decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

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“Unprecedented” decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 5 months ago
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Kids who were in 8th grade at pandemic’s start have ushered in an era of abstaining.
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  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    cannabis is no longer sold by the teenager down the street that drives the firebird trans-am.

    it is sold in cannabis shops, and no adults will sell it to kids.

    that is why less kids have access. and it is why kids slam cars into cannabis shops to steal it.

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      Where do you live where kids are crashing cars into pot shops?

      • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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        The United States of America. That is a small sample from one year from one state in the USA.

        https://komonews.com/news/local/smash-and-grab-burglary-attempt-south-seattle-georgetown-car-fire-department-bakeree

        https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-have-a-heart-greenwood-dispensary-pot-shop-smash-and-grab-burglary-stolen-kia-property-damage-crime-king-county

        https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-central-district-cannabis-dispensary-forbidden-cannabis-smash-and-grab-burglary-crime-surveillance-video-recreational-marijuana-security

        https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2023/10/burglary-team-pulls-off-overnight-capitol-hill-pot-shop-heist-by-crashing-car-through-front-window/

        https://newstalk870.am/thieves-smash-car-into-gig-harbor-pot-store-video/

        https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/car-repeatedly-rams-lake-city-pot-store-smash-and-grab-burglary/NKH2UHVFAJEUHDFC63ZK3PETSA/

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          Ah so Seattle. My bad if that came across as not believing you, it’s just we have legal weed now in Jersey and I’ve never heard of that. Honestly most of our dispensaries look like banks with the level of security they have though.

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            That probably has more to do with the cash than the weed.

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      Is the preferred car to slam into a cannabis shop a Trans Am?

      Because if it isn’t then these kids are truly lost.

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    No shit, buying illegal drugs requires a face to face interaction. Everything that depends even tagentially on interpersonal skills is plummeting in engagement in the generation that learned most of thier social skills through a screen.

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      All went downhill since the silk road got shut down. Gotta find dealers the old fashioned way by word of mouth again.

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      I order all my weed through a website that delivers it

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      I think it’s more likely related to the increased use (intentional or not) of fentanyl. More like playing Russian roulette.

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    Cool, now ban disposable vapes.

    Edit: I’m pro-legalization for most drugs. Disposable vapes just result in too much unnecessary plastic waste.

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      Or, you know, prosecute the people giving them to kids and remove the tobacco license of those selling it to kids… Like you do when kids get alcohol or pot.

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        Disposable vapes need banned because of their effect on the environment. That’s not exclusive to kids.

        • theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.worksBanned
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          That’s more fair but addressing that piecemeal by limiting freedom is stupid, instead of just requiring recycling or incentivising it like all successful bottle recycling schemes do.

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    The war on drugs is about as effective on Australias war on emu’s.

    If you don’t know about the war on emus, check it out. It’s pretty funny.

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    I mean even for my generation doing drugs was only something losers who wanted to drop out did

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      There’s “doing drugs” and “doing drugs”.

      Weed and alcohol were omnipresent in my school, and almost all of my old class have a university degree today.

      Especially during the late teens/early twenties, a lot of my peers experimented with MDMA, speed or LSD. Most of them are well adjusted adults now.

      These statistics are not about heroin or crack.

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      Removed by mod

      • DreamButt@lemmy.world
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        No, I’m speaking from the opposite perspective here but Lemmy is Lemmy so everyone’s jumping to conclusions

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      Or non of your friends told you because you where know for being straightedged ;)

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      Weird, in my generation (young millenial) and area (opiate ravaged rust belt) the losers did heroin, a ton of college bound kids smoked pot and drank occasionally, and the potheads dropped out of college to join the coast guard which was kinda weird considering how far we were from the coast

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        potheads dropped out of college to join the coast guard which was kinda weird considering how far we were from the coast

        Are we guarding the coast or is the coast guarding us, man?

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