U.S. Teens Using More Marijuana, Less Alcohol

[woamotive]

No doubt is this a great thing. Alcohol is so destructive. I just wish the media would recognize that and stop focusing on how horrible marijuana is (lies), how horrible heroin/cocaine are - when so many kids wouldn't see or hear much about them if not for the media (which I really do think only makes MORE people curious and want to try them out, and proceed to use all the time) ... and start focusing on the horrible consequences of alcohol and cigarettes (which it seems to glorify or treat as good/fine): note recipes for alcoholic drinks/food + alcohol makes it better (always, so it seems) on talk shows. I know that U.S. tv now doesn't show as much smoking (of cigs), but movies certainly don't portray nicotine as the devil (like it-media- does pot) but a constant in normal life.

-When I was in High School I smoked a lot of pot (but 11th/12th grade only), and was disciplined verbally and grounded anytime I was caught. *hypocrites!* I just found out BOTH my parents smoke weed (I knew my dad did, and had known for about a decade, but my MOM!? SHOCKED!). Neither drink, neither smoke cigarettes. Finally we all can have intelligent conversations about substances! (neither of my siblings are aware my Mom smokes, though - I'm honored to know).Now I bring my parents weed whenever I see them ! It's so darn cute.
Ahh yes, my endless and jumpy rants.

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

Seems like teens are getting smarter as weed doesn't carry nearly 1/2 as much as the health concerns has alcohol.

I wonder how the psychedelic trends are going.

Me too.

 

[tomber]

Really? 6 percent of seniors report using in the past year? What kind of statistics are these? When i was a senior in Highschool (last year) i could safely say 60%, probably more, had smoked weed at some point. These surveys aren't very convincing (considering kids don't give a rats ass about telling the truth in drug surveys.) But i guess it's the best we can do.

I too wonder about the latest psychedelic use trends. I bet there is statistics out there somewhere, anyone got any ?

100% what I was going to say. 6% of highschool seniors smoking weed wtf? Its probably more like its only 6% of highscool seniors that are badasses enough to admit to smoking weed on a school survey, I mean come on there are reasons not to admit to it especially during school times.

 

[PriestTheyCalledHim]

Heh not surprising.

When I was a teenager I could get some booze from my parents' liquor cabinet and if I or my friends were lucky we might served at a concert, bar, or maybe be able to get a friend's older brother to buy us a case of cheap beer but herb was A LOT easier to get at any time.

My graduating HS class was 800+ kids and I'd say that over half of them either smoked herb regularly or smoked it socially at parties or when someone else had some. I'm sure that a lot did try it and either didn't like herb or prefered booze and other drugs, or just didn't use any drugs at all.

Psychedelics were popular with some of us mainly LSD and mushrooms, MDMA was around but I never used it.

Stimulants like Adderall/Ritilian and downers like opiates and benzos were very popular too.

 

[Uber_Penguin]

I really agree with the others on here saying that they would much rather have their kids smoking weed than drinking...I'm no where near having kids (at least barring any accidents =[ ) but for real, the amount of incidents I've heard in which kids hurt themselves when they were stoned is practically non-existent, where as a good 80% of the stories from before in high school and now in college that I hear involving someone hurting themselves doing something stupid involve alcohol. If I had kids I would be fairly scared and worried if I knew they were going off to a party with unknown people and were going to be drinking heavily, especially if it was a female. If they were getting stoned other than the police getting involved about the worst thing that would happen would be maybe they eat too fast when they have the munchies and end up choking or something. It's tough to hurt yourself when the night consists pretty much of sitting in front of the TV, eating and laughing at stupid shit. Plus weed skews judgment less, so I would be less concerned about anyone trying to drive if they were really, really stoned and couldn't do so. On top of that green just makes ya want to chill, so about the only place anyone would be going would be to the store for munchies.