According to the East Central Minnesota Post Review article, Community Partnership releases annual student drug survey, drug and alcohol use is down among young people in Chisago County. This makes Executive Director of Chisago County Community Partnership Tom Koplitz happy:
Trends matter in the eyes of those who work in drug prevention. In Chisago County, this year’s Community Partnership Student Survey data, complied with 2013 results, shows trends that note more students in the county are making the responsible choice to not use drugs and alcohol. . . .
That includes the abuse of prescription drugs (which now account for the lion's share of drug overdoses in America):
The survey asks students about their usage of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamines and prescription drugs over the past 30 days, their perception of risk, perception of parental disapproval, perception of peer disapproval and average age of onset.
Koplitz described the 30-day usage graph that was drafted with survey data as the “shining star” of this year’s report.
Across the board, usage of the five substances is lower or flat compared to previous years. The decreased use of alcohol by students has been substantial.
That's good news. But even though students aren't using more prescription drugs (medicine), Koplitz is totally convinced that if medical marijuana becomes a legal drug that can be prescribed for certain ailments, the kids will be smoking dope:
Even with the positive results of the survey, Koplitz said he’s concerned about one drug in particular: marijuana.
“I’m envisioning the (percentage of youth using marijuana) going up over the coming years with the medical marijuana conversation going on,” he said.
Koplitz said he thinks kids might see marijuana as “medicine” and thus safe to use, which is a potentially dangerous mindset.
Because unlike abuse of the currently legal prescription "medicine" that young people in Chisago County are managing to keep flat or lower than earlier years, marijuana has roots in hell. It's that simple.
Photo: A meme from Marijuana Makes You Violent's Facebook page.
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