SHORT COMMUNICATION 156
Dopeheads Galore
By
Roger Behra
During 2009 the results of study was published that revealed a large number of high school students throughout America were involved in the dangerous and illegal activity of sexting. That is separate and growing problem, which has been added to a long pre-existing set of problems: drinking and drug use.
In early March of 2010 another survey was published that revealed drug use and alcohol beverage drinking has noticeably increased high school students in grades 9 through 12. Just when school systems feel inundated with self-inflicted problems, they have to contend with a nice increase in dopehead problems.
The survey reveals that alcohol, marijuana, and ECASTASY still are the popular use choices of the dopeheads, and the rise in use is quite noticeably. Alcohol use increased 11 percent, and 39 percent of high scool students are involved. About 5.8 million teens drink alcohol. Pot use increased 6 percent, and 25 percent of teens smoke pot. Only 6 percent of teens use ECSTASY. A high percentage of teens agreed that being high feels very good, so no decline or avoidance of these drugs is in the future. What is in the future is the turn to hard drugs.
America’s schools presently are a very sad representation of much better days gone by the wayside. The schools are a representation of America in other respects also. America has greatly deteriorated since the mid-1960’s also. Classes that overcrowded, discipline problems, absenteeism, over-burdened teachers, and poor administrators make up the school environments. When 50 percent of high school graduate something is radically wrong. But all is not lost.
Many thanks to God for all the morally good and successfully educated teens in the making. There are some very great teens out there who suffer through all the dysfunctional school environments and various school problems. They prevent the teen group and the American schools from being a total loss. America needs them more than ever. They are the cultural jewels of America’s future. Many prayers should be offered for their unfaltering efforts and continued success. And many thanks go to them also!
R. B.
3-12-10