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Horrified to hear rumors of hard-core drugs at our high school
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 409281" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>It isn't just your school. These drugs are a significant problem in EVERY school that has high school kids and most with jr high kids. Alcohol problems are not uncommon in 12yo's. It does not matter if you are in a "good" neighborhood or not, or a "good" school or not. There is a problem with serious drugs. It isn't talked about much partly because it is commona nd partly because parents and the community expect the school to somehow stop it when it cannot really even be stopped in a home with just a few people. </p><p> </p><p>Heroin is now a "cool" drug among the affluent the way cocaine was years ago. Meth is just everywhere. Our state was the first to ban the sale of sudafed except from behind the pharmacy counter because our problem was so bad. We were one of the top meth producing states in the US. Limiting sudafed sales really hurt the meth makers. </p><p> </p><p>Meth is a HUGE problem in suburban neighborhoods - esp the "nice" ones where there is pressure to keep up with the neighbors. That costs $$ and people are hurting right now. Meth production is seem as easy money. Women in suburbia are a major market for meth. We feel all of the pressure to work a full time job while at the same time keeping track of our kids, their activities, schoolwork and all that plus we feel the stress to keep the house looking good and being clean and well tended. There just are not enough hours in the day but if you take meth or any other form of speed you stay up for a long time, you can't sit still so you do things, and it creates a nasty cycle of unrealistic expectations, stress, drug use, etc.....</p><p> </p><p>I am sorry that it shocked you. The neighbors may have seen something or been tipped off or it could be a rumor about specific people. Even if they made it all up, drugs are still a serious and huge problem in our schools.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 409281, member: 1233"] It isn't just your school. These drugs are a significant problem in EVERY school that has high school kids and most with jr high kids. Alcohol problems are not uncommon in 12yo's. It does not matter if you are in a "good" neighborhood or not, or a "good" school or not. There is a problem with serious drugs. It isn't talked about much partly because it is commona nd partly because parents and the community expect the school to somehow stop it when it cannot really even be stopped in a home with just a few people. Heroin is now a "cool" drug among the affluent the way cocaine was years ago. Meth is just everywhere. Our state was the first to ban the sale of sudafed except from behind the pharmacy counter because our problem was so bad. We were one of the top meth producing states in the US. Limiting sudafed sales really hurt the meth makers. Meth is a HUGE problem in suburban neighborhoods - esp the "nice" ones where there is pressure to keep up with the neighbors. That costs $$ and people are hurting right now. Meth production is seem as easy money. Women in suburbia are a major market for meth. We feel all of the pressure to work a full time job while at the same time keeping track of our kids, their activities, schoolwork and all that plus we feel the stress to keep the house looking good and being clean and well tended. There just are not enough hours in the day but if you take meth or any other form of speed you stay up for a long time, you can't sit still so you do things, and it creates a nasty cycle of unrealistic expectations, stress, drug use, etc..... I am sorry that it shocked you. The neighbors may have seen something or been tipped off or it could be a rumor about specific people. Even if they made it all up, drugs are still a serious and huge problem in our schools. [/QUOTE]
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