I knew of no drug use (besides alcohol) in my high school. After I graduated, I learned that a few people I knew smoked pot.
Drugs were something only the "burnouts" did....
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tommyrot - May 09, 2007 6:42:17 am PDT #6298 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Lee - May 09, 2007 6:44:58 am PDT #6299 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I grew up in a suburb of LA before Nancy told us to just say no.
It's fair to say there were a few drugs around, but it never seemed like a big deal.
Daisy Jane - May 09, 2007 6:49:08 am PDT #6300 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Yeah. I drank some in High School, but mostly after I turned 18. I didn't smoke until I was 18, and never did any other drugs. I've tried one or two things, but mostly they disagree with me.
I'm also thinking that surveying kids is not a good way to gather your statistics.
Vortex - May 09, 2007 6:49:12 am PDT #6301 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
People did drugs in my high school, but because it was the "good" high school in the affluent neighborhood, the community at large didn't think it happened. Imagine the shock and outrage of the community when there was a big drug bust. Of course, it was coke, so there was much drama about that.
Sue - May 09, 2007 6:54:19 am PDT #6302 of 10001
hip deep in pie
There was a fair amount of drugs in my high school but nothing crazier than pot or hallucinogens. However, from my siblings tales of high school in the 1970s, things were way wilder back then.
shrift - May 09, 2007 6:55:38 am PDT #6303 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I understand they might be a problem in some schools, but our schools are riddled with drugs?
When I was in high school, I'd hear about pot and, once in a blue moon, ecstasy. Now the surrounding rural community apparently has a massive number of meth labs.
And yet I still have no idea what crystal meth looks like. Or how you, you know, take it.
brenda m - May 09, 2007 6:56:48 am PDT #6304 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Drugs were something only the "burnouts" did....
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There was a fair amount of drug use at my (inner city) hs, but nothing compared to what went on at the richie north shore suburban schools.
Daisy Jane - May 09, 2007 6:58:23 am PDT #6305 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
We apparently have a cheese problem here in Dallas. Again, I get that drugs are bad; I just don't think they're "ravaging America."
tommyrot - May 09, 2007 6:59:04 am PDT #6306 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And yet I still have no idea what crystal meth looks like. Or how you, you know, take it.
You snort it, like coke. Usually it's a white powder. Sometimes it's kinda' "moist." Sometimes it's pink.
Jessica - May 09, 2007 7:00:48 am PDT #6307 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
How much drug use does there have to be before a school qualifies as "riddled"? My (private) HS was definitely more into alcohol, the (public) magnet school I almost went to was more about the pot and cocaine. (Note to schools - the DARE program? Mainly useful for letting kids know what drugs look like so they'll know exactly what to ask their dealers for. NSM with the keeping them away.)