Kids, Drugs, Parents and Death.

As many know Appalachia had a kid who well as the rumor is OD'ed while at a friends house.

If you are taking or snorting pills or doing any kind of illegal drugs stop and get some help. If your friends are. Talk to them and if they don't listen, then don't fall into their habit.

If you know someone who is selling drugs. Even if it's your friends or your parents report them. You could save your life or someone elses.

A 15 or 16 yr old should not lose their life over drugs.

If your thinking about it. Think about your future. Is getting high worth dying over?

Someone has to be mature about all this. If the parents can't maybe some of you kids can.
And if your a parent. Take some time and find out what your kids are into.

It's becoming more and more evident we have a huge drug problem locally.
It's not just pot but pills and other injectable drugs.
From snorting to injecting and age limit there is none. From teenagers to the elderly.
One thing i did hear one parent say. Well i'd rather them do it at home. How stupid. Why should you let your kids do it anyway. At home or away. Sooner or later it just gets worse.
Were losing control of this battle. Many don't see it. But when kids steal drugs from their parents, to do illegally or to sell, to buy things they want.
They know the demand is out there.
Problem i see you have parents to involved in everything but their kids lives. And parents afraid to be parents. They will hate me. Better them be alive to hate you. Than to go to the cemetary to make a visit.
And many older adults who think getting high and away from reality is somehow gonna fix things?
Time our local leaders realize we got a problem. In our schools, on our streets, in our businesses. All over. A problem that isn't going away any time soon.
What is the answer. I don't know. But a start would be parents being parents, taking our schools back, from the drug pushers and drug pusher kids in our schools. And kids being shown the reality of what can happen.
Taken to a funeral or two, of those who thought getting high was cool, well till they died from it. Taken to the local prisons to see how good it can get.
I don't know honestly im just po'ed some about how things are today.
We lost control a long time ago. And now it's showing. Worst thing is even in the older adult generation the 50-60 some year generation.
I think this is the third OD, in a week or so, and one a suicide, over an OD where the person give the drugs to the person who OD'ed.
We got some problems. And yeah it does affect us all. Any one got any answers? This will escalate other crimes as the demand for pills and other drugs go up. Any one got any answers to where we start. Because evidently were not doing to good on the just say no slogan.

[bellyright]

I am aware that there is a problem locally. I understand that there will be mandatory drug testing. Unfortunately it starts next year. Anyone that can verify this info I would appreciate it. Hopefully it may save some lives. The boy you are referncing played football for Appy ,Also played p-nut for me we are[lpdftbl&myself] know the family very well. The family has had some tragedys more then enoough for 3 familys let alone 1. Prayers & thoughts for the family. Can someone fill me in on the arrangements. PM me [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

[powellvalley_3]

If anyone knows about the arrangements, please PM me.

[belly32]

Some of these parents need to wake up and find out what their kids are doing. IF, not....this will probably happen again. Its a shame something like this happens. Lee County Sheriffs office arrested 111 drug dealers last week. Its time Wise Co did the same. How many more deaths does it take to get some action?

[imported_six4three]

you must not have been paying attention, wise county has done the same the past few months, and their investigations are ongoing.

the ultimate responsibility for these kids however is their parents. one major problem though is that a lot of the parents are doing the same thing.

[burton2019]

Kids do drugs because they are surrounded by them constantly. It doesn't matter where you live. It just seems that, in areas like SWVA, where there is little to nothing to do, drugs are the main option. This will never change. And it keeps getting harder and harder to raise kids in a society like we have today.