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4 in 10 teenagers on drugs
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According to a survey done by the News of the World they say 4 in 10 teenagers are on drugs...drugs our in schools everywhere they said..they had undercover reporters in, cheap beans, 50p each one and he could get as many as he wanted, cheap skunk...pupils out on the field smoking joints...made feel like a leper if you don't smoke joints or pop e's.
There was also an article debating if pupils should be random drug tested in schools now.
Do you think this would be right, I know there are people all over the Uk who smoke drugs in school but what about drug users who go to school but don't smoke them in school and only take them outside of school...they're going to be targeted as well.
Thoughts?
There was also an article debating if pupils should be random drug tested in schools now.
Do you think this would be right, I know there are people all over the Uk who smoke drugs in school but what about drug users who go to school but don't smoke them in school and only take them outside of school...they're going to be targeted as well.
Thoughts?
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No way are "4 in 10" teenagers on drugs. You would need to give a percent to be more accurate.
Still it would be a good idear to do drugs tests in schools but not on random kids as this is unfair and asian kids would sue for "racism" most proberly. What would be better is to test the whole school or at least year nine and upwards.
I think if they test positive then an expeltion would be needed as drug rehbilitation would not work and its expensive. However the parents could pay for it themselvs if they wanted.
i dont see how school kids could get hold of this amount unless their playing the "middleman" for a dealer
Are 'on' drugs, does that mean they've tried them, they do them at parties, they do them recreationally or as a habit?
Statistics aren't accurate anyway. Where would you get the sample from? What do you call 'drug abuse'? Questionnaires are ridiculous when measuring anything but human geography and elements of science.
That's a bit over the top in my opinion... in fact it sounds pretty stupid.
So if a kid tests positive for cannabis then they should go to rehab? If a child had an addiction strong enough to require rehab the teacher would notice anyway.
Well you seemed to imply by your post that it was a possibility. That's like me talking about cat flu and say "well culling all cats won't work" out of the blue.
Actually, the focus of the article was more based around the ages 12-16. There were a few case studies focusing on specific schools around the country in which the pinpointed dealers (a worrying majority of which 13 years old).
I know what you mean - that is really cheap, but the paper was not stating this as a fact, that comment was a quote of what one of the in-school dealers said to the investigator. He also said that cocaine was £20 a gram which is also very cheap.
It made an interesting read, there wasn't really that much information there - it just focused on certain individuals and how the drugs hierarchy works in different schools. I'd like to know how many youngsters they interviewed, and see if it statistically significant - it's one thing to throw around figures and it's another for them to have any truth in them.
That said, no doubt there is a big drugs problem - I know a fair few people ranging from 14 to 19 who all take ecstasy, cocaine, crack, allsorts and really, 14 is far, far too young to be taking things like that. Views on drugs have changed and like the article said in certain areas/schools you're made to feel a bit of a leper if you don't take drugs so it's a bit of a no win situation for impressionable youths.
If its cool for kids to be doing drugs and the percentage gets higher in future years this country really is going down the shitter!
Yes but doing those is safer then doing anything you can buy on the black market.
Drugs change the way you think they alter your perceptions open up your mind a young teenager doesnt need to do things like this.
Last time I heard anything it was about 50% at least had used cannabis in the last month. But then it depends how you ask the questions and what ages you ask.
As for 50p a pill, that doesnt surprise me what so ever to be honest, they dont cost as much as 25p each to make. 50mg of poorly made MDMA will cost you no more than 5-10p each pill, and thats whats in most pills these days.
This is another sign that the drugs education in this country is failing drasticly. Strong drugs such as MDMA and cocaine should not be used by children, they are dangerous enough for adults.
I would argue that drugs are best left to never if possible, rather than when you're older.
Smoking is probably worst because getting hooked early could mean 30 years of it and lung cancer rather than some kid who tries a few drugs at a young age and never does them again.
Not necessary for something like cannabis or ecstasy use anyway.
But the facts show that rehab does work for heroin, alcohol and crack use.
Got any facts to back your assertion up?
50mg mdma bong? where did you get that figure? I had some at the weekend, well only 1/2 a one and i was feeling it nicely for 4 hours, got to have been more than 50mg in the whole pill.
It comes as no suprise to see the results of the survey, they are right or maybe they'r wrong..maybe more teens are on drugs, like i know loads of people who are taking either 1 or more drugs, mainly speed, coke and e's and cannabis of course, the occasional person would have poppers, acid or mushrooms, well the mushrooms can be got legally so anybody can get them anytime, i've seen 13 year olds smoking blow in the school toilets, silly ****s, that's explusion.
50mg is a figure I have heard banded about from a few sources as the average amount of MDMA in a pill these days, although doing an average of this type is nigh on impossible really because, well they're illegal arent they.
Of course there are good pills about, and if you got effect from 1/2 then maybe that one was 100mg, or maybe there was a bit of MDA in there too. Thats more powerful per mg and at low doses knowing there is some in there with the MDMA isnt always easy.
The situation in NI might be different than here, I know that the drugs trade is in different hands shall we say
i do not know a single person who has not cleaned up after rehab, even if they had to go back a second time. A friend, alcoholic of over 20 years had a month or so rehab, not touched a drink since. And that sort of life long addiction is terrible to overcome.
you wont see them studying grammar schools, or schools in middle class areas, wont get the stats they want.
Hell in a hand basket thats what I say!
it sounds a bit scary doesn't it?
but ...the reason it is so cheap, is no one wants it ...you can't give it away! crack dealers are looked down on by everbody ...even drug dealers ...even heroin dealers! so the reason theres so much of it about is not as scary as the media would have us believe.
something has worked ...education ...propaganda ...something has worked.
i like to think it's because the vast majority of drug users are sensible. not many people desire such self destruction as a way of life.