Your Teen Can Get More Then Marijuana and Beer
Thursday, May 29th, 2008I recently saw a news spot on youtube that was less informative then I would have liked. While it did provide some great information for parents of teens, it also missed a few key points that I think are important.
(1) Your Teen Can Get Much More Then Pot or Beer: The comment by the teen in rehab that “marijuana and alcohol are easy to get in highschool’ doesn’t educate the viewer about the dangers of prescription drug abuse. Sure, marijuana and beer are available to teens…I don’t think that will ever change. These were present in teenage culture when you (the parent) were a teen and they will be present for long into the future
What’s disturbing to me is that teens have incredibly easy access to prescription drugs as well: OxyContin pain killers, “Soma’s”, and much much more. The scariest part of this trend is that teens often think that taking a few pills at a party is the equivalent to drinking a few beers…this is not true and can lead to tragedy.
(2) Parents Need To Know What Goes On: I don’t really feel like this news article talked about what actually goes on in the teenage culture. It did mention that drugs are available, but it did not go into the extent of available drugs and the views of the teenage culture towards these drugs.
Be Informed
As most of my readers know, it’s my goal with the www.UnderstandMyTeen.com project to ensure that you are understanding the realities of what goes on in the teenage world. Be sure to check back often for new information.
Want to See the News Video?
You can watch the actual news video as well as my own video response below.
news video: (click here)
my video response to the news video: (click here)
*please note the video is blurry because my webcam malfunctioned…
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