Pills are regulated now and kids can buy them on the street too. There is also the issue of new drugs like meth that people make from OTC drugs.blackmath: Drug dealers don't ask for I.D. Thats how kids can get drugs now, Maxx. With legalization or decriminalization of drugs, the government could regulate it, just as they do with other vices that are okay with them, gambling, alcohol, cigarettes.
I think the issue of some kids' idea that flouting the law is cool should be addressed in school. Also the issue of getting high as recreation. Most of the information kids get is wrong. They have no respect or knowledge about their brains. A lot of the adults around them drink alcohol regularly along with who-knows-what other drugs which sets up horrible role models for children.The best way to stop kids who are on the fence about doing drugs or not is to make them not cool and make them boring.
Again this UK report on drug use has interesting information.
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=...QLO9N6DXOvQ5uQ
On p.81 it says that popular fashion and culture seems to play a role in the sort of drugs that are used in any time frame. For instance they mention the upturn of mj use between 1992 to 1998 among 18 year olds in most parts of the western world no matter whether the policy was tougher [[U.S.), more tolerant [[Australia), or didn't change as in most countries.
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