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I started out as a kum-by-ya liberal to the max socialist. These people are demented. It all boils down to this: make life easy for someone and that someone does not grow, does not harden, does not ripen. That person goes into a state of arrested development and becomes a slave

That is what all this social justice nonsense is about, all of this getting rid of Ds andFs in grading is about, this is what welfare and UBI is about: to deliberately create a generation of slaves who cannot take care of themselves.

This is a real Flyer around seattle circa 2020:

https://tritorch.com/degradation/seattleRectalOpiodInjectionMethod.png

https://tritorch.com/falsechoice

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Alex, this has everything to do with not only less access to drugs, but also the fact that parents spent more time with their kids and thus had more of an influence on these choices

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Defund government schools and reduce teen drug/alcohol use?

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Fauci next Sunday on CBS:

"As we see, and this is really promising, if taken as a whole, and not seemingly an artifact of a trial without proper controls, we see that children should be locked down forever, away from their peers who pressure them with marijuana and alcohol, so the vaccine will protect them, until they get their third booster "

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Back when I used "drugs" (pot) I NEVER reported it.

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The reason for the decline is 100% clear: The schools are a hotbed of drug dealing. Honestly, were I inclined to use illegal drugs (I am not), the first person I'd ask for tips on how to acquire such illegal substances is the neighbor's high schooler. I mean, in the 'burbs where else are you going to get drugs other than public schools and colleges? Closing the schools down is like closing down the Amazon of drug marketplaces.

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I'm going to go out on a limb here. In addition to having many other problems, our public schools are centralized market places for drug pushers. Also, (I know I'm really reaching now) spending more time with parents is a good thing for kid's mental health.

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Teens filled my home throughout "pandemic". Probably more parental presence in homes throughout the country facilitated this!!

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Less access, less peer pressure, more parental surveillance....and maybe being cooped up in a government school all day makes teens want to numb out.

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Don’t want to be a downer, but the theory of less access makes sense. Suicide attempts by girls up 51% and mental health hospital visits surged. But the good news! We might have a window to surge support for teens as they go back to school and find access to the “soft” stuff again. Big opportunity here I believe.

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Drug dealers don’t have the equivalent of Door Dash, and the kids are isolated with less opportunity to share and exchange drugs. That’s a likely explanation.

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So, schools teach not only Critical Race Theory but also illicit drug use!

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Makes perfect sense. No teenager gets high at home. You ditch class and go smoke a bong. Who wants to get high and then go talk with their parents...

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Jeez, drug use is down, alcohol use is down, teenage sex is down... These high school students are worthless!

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This may be one of those Fox Butterworths (FOBOTWT fans know what I'm talking about).

"Alcohol, cannabis, and nicotine use all declined sharply, even as most schools remained closed..."

Not "even as". More likely "because".

Keeping kids apart by closing schools may have *reduced* the opportunities for kids to abuse drugs. No high school dances to pass the stuff around, for example.

Just a thought.

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More difficult to drink and smoke while sequestered. This is no surprise. I think back on my teenage years (a long time ago) and my underage drinking and illegal weed consumption where always done when out with friends.

However, suicide is generally done alone.

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