12-18-2024, 03:29 PM
I ran across this article, and thought it might do well to share it here, for any interested...
From ArsTechnica: “Unprecedented” decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts
Subtitled: Kids who were in 8th grade at pandemic's start have ushered in an era of abstaining.
The narrative supplied us that as the "Covid event" manifested itself on society, many young teens were expected to 'fall off' the 'user roles' as they became further distanced from suppliers. But, instead of resurging as time went on, and daily life resumed it's flow... even more teens have begun to distance themselves from the 'drug use' life-style choice.
Teen drug use continued to fall in 2024, extending a dramatic decline spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic that experts expected would reverse now that the acute phase of the global crisis is well over.
But, according to data released Tuesday, the number of eighth, 10th, and 12th graders who collectively abstained from the use of alcohol, marijuana, or nicotine hit a new high this year. Use of illicit drugs also fell on the whole and use of non-heroin narcotics (Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet) hit an all-time low.
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"As it turns out, the declines have not only lasted but have dropped further."
And a bit further on, a spokesperson for the federal government proposed that "We must continue to investigate factors that have contributed to this lowered risk of substance use to tailor interventions to support the continuation of this trend."
As if they had anything to do with it at all.
Frankly it doesn't surprise me that we have a new perspective about the use of illegal substances...
most people were removed from the primary venue through which they can be introduced... SCHOOL.
Politicians and talking heads had made a fine attempt at convincing everyone that "making it illegal" was the solution to the substance abuse problem... but in the end, all it takes is keeping the traffic out of the faces of the youth... where it is mostly the first place these kids actually make the 'connections' to get drugs...
Heh... a "COVID school-shutdown" silver lining?
Ouch... that'd be a bitter pill to swallow for some!
From ArsTechnica: “Unprecedented” decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts
Subtitled: Kids who were in 8th grade at pandemic's start have ushered in an era of abstaining.
The narrative supplied us that as the "Covid event" manifested itself on society, many young teens were expected to 'fall off' the 'user roles' as they became further distanced from suppliers. But, instead of resurging as time went on, and daily life resumed it's flow... even more teens have begun to distance themselves from the 'drug use' life-style choice.
Teen drug use continued to fall in 2024, extending a dramatic decline spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic that experts expected would reverse now that the acute phase of the global crisis is well over.
But, according to data released Tuesday, the number of eighth, 10th, and 12th graders who collectively abstained from the use of alcohol, marijuana, or nicotine hit a new high this year. Use of illicit drugs also fell on the whole and use of non-heroin narcotics (Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet) hit an all-time low.
...
"As it turns out, the declines have not only lasted but have dropped further."
And a bit further on, a spokesperson for the federal government proposed that "We must continue to investigate factors that have contributed to this lowered risk of substance use to tailor interventions to support the continuation of this trend."
As if they had anything to do with it at all.
Frankly it doesn't surprise me that we have a new perspective about the use of illegal substances...
most people were removed from the primary venue through which they can be introduced... SCHOOL.
Politicians and talking heads had made a fine attempt at convincing everyone that "making it illegal" was the solution to the substance abuse problem... but in the end, all it takes is keeping the traffic out of the faces of the youth... where it is mostly the first place these kids actually make the 'connections' to get drugs...
Heh... a "COVID school-shutdown" silver lining?
Ouch... that'd be a bitter pill to swallow for some!
