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I was in Ocean City recently and talking to a couple who said they moved out of Appalachia (they lived in PA near the WV state line) and said they wanted to raise their children out of the "Meth culture"--their words,not mine. It seems there is a sad tradition in places with limited employment it seem to be a pattern --the girls are often pregnant by 18 or even younger,teenage fathers,lots of drug addiction and people on welfare (I saw so much of this growing up).
I don't know why more teenagers don't realize they are only adding to problems by getting involved in drugs. My parents told me at age 16--"you ever get involved in drugs,we don't want you living here--and they MEANT that!
I'd say if you want to find an area with LESS drug use,go to a county with better employment. (will still be drug use,but maybe not as prevalent).
Actually drug use needs to be categorized...
1. Professionally prescribed by authorities (Medical community)
Abuse of this by re-selling.
2. Recreational users...all classes from Welfare Class to the Wealthy Class.
3. Hard Addiction types: Crack, Herion (illegal and legal) Pain killers and speed.
The thing about it is this...it's everywhere...The kids in school have Doctor perscribed Ritalin...then they migrate to other chemicals.
High School and college is the place to do everything wild and get the addictions in place.
Their mothers (and dad's if they have one in the house) are on something.
The work week is suffered through to smoke the stash or 'get wasted on the weekends.
Better, higher paying employment means better selection.
I worked on a project at Mon General when their expansion was in its early stages...we were hired because we could pass the drug screening.
The nurse in charge of that said to me, "We have to fail 9 out of 10 people who come through that door...drug use....and they can't get past my screening...If you have drugs in your body, I can tell what they are."
I said, "What about after 30 days?" She said, "It dosen't matter...I can tell."
A great part of this area is High Security in nature...Clearances to work in those certain fields...
Apply for one of those jobs and you go into their file...with everything...DUI's, speeding tickets, and some of that information is shared...drug use is one of them...
Why? Because the user is addicted and has the potential to commit a crime to 'fix his habit.
It boils down to personal choice..choosing to get hooked or Not choosing to get hooked....and a lot of that depends on positive role models.
$28,736,596,338 spent so far this year in the "war on drugs"... doesn't seem the drug war is defeated just yet David. Too much money being made "fighting" this war. What a joke. We are so stupid as a country, it's pitiful.
You are right on with the addiction cycle. It starts in elementary school. Seems every kids these days has some sort of ailment that requires a steady stream of drugs to "fix" it. Truth is, there is too much money in the treatment, these drugs are not meant to "cure".
Everyone has made very valid points. I'll try to find a better area but I realize that even if I do find one I'll still have to be vigilant about making sure my children are associating with the right people.
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Originally Posted by shy chic
I'd say if you want to find an area with LESS drug use,go to a county with better employment. (will still be drug use,but maybe not as prevalent).
That makes sense. How do I find out which areas have better employment?
Everyone has made very valid points. I'll try to find a better area but I realize that even if I do find one I'll still have to be vigilant about making sure my children are associating with the right people.
Ahhhh, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, the cure for just about all of our societal woes. So easy, yet so elusive.
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Originally Posted by Fionen
That makes sense. How do I find out which areas have better employment?
Take a drive through the area you're interested in on a work day. If you don't see a bunch of people hanging out on their porches, employment must be good!
Take a drive through the area you're interested in on a work day. If you don't see a bunch of people hanging out on their porches, employment must be good!
Everyone has made very valid points. I'll try to find a better area but I realize that even if I do find one I'll still have to be vigilant about making sure my children are associating with the right people.
Eliminate Jackson County from your choices!! We just had a big sweep on meth cookers/suppliers netting about 51 people in and near Ravenswood. Considering the total population of the town that's proportionally quite a number. Just guessing but I have a feeling the crackdown is just beginning!! I keep in touch with a lot of retired military friends all around the country and I can assure you the drug problem is not isolated to West Virginia....it's everywhere....and these are not just kids. A lot of those arrested in Jackson County ranged in age from their late 30's to early 50's!!
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So easy, yet so elusive.
