Dear Dad
I agree with you on the issue of DARE. Given the dramatic changes that take place when a kid goes from middle school to junior high, how about we have a 7th grade DARE class, too? Kind of a one semester refresher. Now that they have been exposed to more of what DARE teaches them about, a wake-up call might be in order.
When you consider the changes in peer pressure, which is what I noticed the most, some kids that might have been more adamant about staying away from drugs and alcohol hot on the heels of Officer Simcox?’s or Officer Norris?’ teachings now are more susceptible to caving in and trying them to join a certain peer group. I believe that the police department has the staff necessary to handle a 7th grade DARE program. How about we investigate what else is required and see to it that they get what they need? Would you rather pay for a sewer plant expansion or have the city help fund more DARE? Would you rather assure that we can flush 200, 300 or maybe even 500 more toilets a year or would you rather pump your money into maybe saving one kid from drugs and alcohol? Maybe your kid??
Without trying to sound too Pollyanna about it, I also think that a 9th grade class would be of benefit. Sort of a final wake up call to them. By 9th, they have basically seen it all. They have found reliable sources for alcohol, drugs of all shapes and sizes and, according to what I have heard about North, reliable sources for promiscuity. Don?’t get me going on that one. Ask any hairdresser what the ?“girls?” talk about when they are in there.
Elsewhere in this thread, comments were made about drugs, cost and sources. This is really simple to explain. A kid whose parents I am friends with told me about what resulted in their kid ending up in rehab in the 8th grade trying to get help to get off whiskey, pot and coke. The answer was simple. Everything he got for the first year or so was free. Yes, I said free. And for those of you also mentioned in this thread who dabbled a little in college, you know that a free buzz is the best buzz.
Suppliers provide startling amounts of free buzz products to our kids. If they give them a year free and after that year they haven?’t landed in rehab or worse, they?’ll be willing to buy it after that. If not because they have become addicted, then because their peer group has classified them as being needed because of their sources. I don?’t know how much a gram of coke costs nowadays, but I can tell you that back in my college days, it was fast approaching $100 per gram. If you inflate that for the many years since I was in college, it must be approaching $200 or more. How can a supplier stay in business giving away something that costs $200 a gram? Simple ?– after a year or so they have an addict that will pay that or more. So will all the little friends that they shared their freebies with. And where will they get that money? From anywhere. They will steal it from you if they need to.
What dealers recognize and what people in Pickerington pretend isn?’t true, is that we have a lot of affluence here. Money is available for the taking. We are willing to give it out and they are willing to take it. Let me highlight one more thing so I can wrap this up and end the risk of rambling on. Do you think that (and I?’ll use coke as an example) ?– Do you think that a dealer is giving your kid pure coke for free? Hell no they?’re not! They are lacing it or cutting it or whatever they call is with other white powdery chemicals. That is one of the reasons they give it away. For every gram of coke they have, they can cut it and give away 5. Ever wonder what they might be cutting it with? Back in my day, Ajax kitchen cleaner was very popular. The reason for that was because it had a similar effect of burning the inside of your nose like coke did so it was hard to distinguish. But there are worse things than Ajax for your kids to snort.
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By Also PO'd
I agree with you on the issue of DARE. Given the dramatic changes that take place when a kid goes from middle school to junior high, how about we have a 7th grade DARE class, too? Kind of a one semester refresher. Now that they have been exposed to more of what DARE teaches them about, a wake-up call might be in order.
When you consider the changes in peer pressure, which is what I noticed the most, some kids that might have been more adamant about staying away from drugs and alcohol hot on the heels of Officer Simcox?’s or Officer Norris?’ teachings now are more susceptible to caving in and trying them to join a certain peer group. I believe that the police department has the staff necessary to handle a 7th grade DARE program. How about we investigate what else is required and see to it that they get what they need? Would you rather pay for a sewer plant expansion or have the city help fund more DARE? Would you rather assure that we can flush 200, 300 or maybe even 500 more toilets a year or would you rather pump your money into maybe saving one kid from drugs and alcohol? Maybe your kid??
Without trying to sound too Pollyanna about it, I also think that a 9th grade class would be of benefit. Sort of a final wake up call to them. By 9th, they have basically seen it all. They have found reliable sources for alcohol, drugs of all shapes and sizes and, according to what I have heard about North, reliable sources for promiscuity. Don?’t get me going on that one. Ask any hairdresser what the ?“girls?” talk about when they are in there.
Elsewhere in this thread, comments were made about drugs, cost and sources. This is really simple to explain. A kid whose parents I am friends with told me about what resulted in their kid ending up in rehab in the 8th grade trying to get help to get off whiskey, pot and coke. The answer was simple. Everything he got for the first year or so was free. Yes, I said free. And for those of you also mentioned in this thread who dabbled a little in college, you know that a free buzz is the best buzz.
Suppliers provide startling amounts of free buzz products to our kids. If they give them a year free and after that year they haven?’t landed in rehab or worse, they?’ll be willing to buy it after that. If not because they have become addicted, then because their peer group has classified them as being needed because of their sources. I don?’t know how much a gram of coke costs nowadays, but I can tell you that back in my college days, it was fast approaching $100 per gram. If you inflate that for the many years since I was in college, it must be approaching $200 or more. How can a supplier stay in business giving away something that costs $200 a gram? Simple ?– after a year or so they have an addict that will pay that or more. So will all the little friends that they shared their freebies with. And where will they get that money? From anywhere. They will steal it from you if they need to.
What dealers recognize and what people in Pickerington pretend isn?’t true, is that we have a lot of affluence here. Money is available for the taking. We are willing to give it out and they are willing to take it. Let me highlight one more thing so I can wrap this up and end the risk of rambling on. Do you think that (and I?’ll use coke as an example) ?– Do you think that a dealer is giving your kid pure coke for free? Hell no they?’re not! They are lacing it or cutting it or whatever they call is with other white powdery chemicals. That is one of the reasons they give it away. For every gram of coke they have, they can cut it and give away 5. Ever wonder what they might be cutting it with? Back in my day, Ajax kitchen cleaner was very popular. The reason for that was because it had a similar effect of burning the inside of your nose like coke did so it was hard to distinguish. But there are worse things than Ajax for your kids to snort.
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