granted this is a wirestore, but i'd like to point out to anyone who reads this the statement that 'many young people see them as a safe way to get high' doesn't appear to be founded on anything.

there's definently a generational shift in attitudes towards recreational substances. it's been kind of quietly brewing, but it makes sense. lots of folks my age grew up in split families where alchohol related abuse informed large parts of our development. you can see this fear in high school girls who start drinking around sixteen. (ask the first couple you meet who'll talk to you about their drinking, i'm sure you'll hear they have at least a friend or two they worry about, and it keeps most of the herd on the straight and narrow...) pretty natural then, that we're going to look at alternatives as highs--look to the prevalance of marijuana in this demographic. i'd say conservatively, seventy percent of undergraduate students at iowa universitys smoke weed every day (and if not every day, it's at least twice a week.) it's time to have a talk about that.

'perscription drugs' really? can we just call them what they are--opium. a drug that's been used for centuries? if anything we should alarmed that so many americans consume pharmecutical derivitates (bound with questionable materials) when opium poppy heads steeped in tea could provide similar relief--healthier and cheaper.