<p>There was a music festival in Maryland at the Merriweather-Post Pavillion and two young people died of a drug overdose. A 17 year old Va. boy and a 20 year old NC man.
It is one of those things that just about breaks my heart in two for the parents and loved ones left behind.<br>
Honestly, drug use is so rampant among teens and young adults that I sometimes wish my own children just won’t have any kids, to avoid any heartache that might come down the road.
It has gotten worse and worse and worse through the years.</p>
<p>As a child of the 60’s, this is nothing new to me. Perhaps it seems more prevalent because it may be in the news more often. I think in the past, it was covered up. </p>
<p>My mom’s cousin “experimented” with drugs in the WWII era; he ended up with physical and mental impairments as a result. My best friend’s brother, who was 10 years older than we were, had a roommate who OD’d when we were kids. My brother died of a drug overdose 5 years ago. Young people in my area are dying of heroin overdoses these days. It’s not new … and we just have to try to raise our kids in the best way we can and hope they make good choices.</p>
<p>I thought drug use was down except for marijuana, which you can’t OD on.
I wondered if this was electronic music.
That " scene" seems to go hand in hand with Ectasy, indeed an abused and dangerous drug.</p>
<p>I think better drug education for both teens and parents could help.
Kids here seem more drawn to hip hop or rock, not the touring dance party.</p>
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<p>So so sorry to hear this, and my condolences kelsmom. Yes, it is a challenge to raise our kids to help them make good choices.</p>
<p>One other problem is that folks who use the very common crack cocaine or “ice” can end up with heart problems, pulmonary arterial hypertension. This requires regular IV infusions of medications costing over $100,000 for the rest of their lives. They also get holes in their brains, making meaningful employment doubtful. </p>
<p>The drugs like meth really scare me. Meth is pretty prevalent in certain areas of my state, and I just can’t even imagine the long-term effects of putting poison in the body that way.</p>
<p>The case OP is talking about involved ecstasy.</p>
<p>The Multnomah Sheriffs office has put together " Faces of Meth".
That ought to scare some kids away!
Scroll to the bottom of the page for the photo links.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.facesofmeth.us”>http://www.facesofmeth.us</a></p>
<p>Heroin is a huge problem where I live. And a student died this past year at my son’s school from it. I don’t think anyone would say taking meth, heroin or whatever else is out there these days is a good idea. Yet, we continue to hear these stories.</p>
<p>Just as we still have people driving drunk/ under the influence of something that affects their driving.
You can be arrested for your 4th DUI and still spend less than 5 years in jail.
<a href=“http://money.msn.com/auto-insurance/how-drunks-keep-on-driving-carinsurance.aspx”>http://money.msn.com/auto-insurance/how-drunks-keep-on-driving-carinsurance.aspx</a>
In 2012 a study showed that drunk driving costs all of us, $132 BILLION every year.
Even when we take their liscense away, drunks still drive.
We need to lock them up, they are playing Russian roulette with other peoples lives.</p>
<p>I’m sorry kelsmom, that is so sad.</p>
<p>How much of that 132 BILLION is going to cover court fees and fines that shore up the finances of almost every state in nation? Why is it so hard to control most vices in the same country that believes profoundly in incarceration? So far, the failure is ubiquitous. </p>
<p>If little is working, how about a proposal to have ALL vehicles installed with ignition interlock devices by default? What if we would pass laws that direct ALL fines to defraying the cost of such devices instead of representing easy cash cows for our hungry public servants? </p>
<p>With huge numbers, the price should come down and be trivial. If we can afford 600 to 1000 cellular phones, we surely could absorb the cost of a device that should save life. </p>
<p>Since it is obvious that people make mistakes all the time and cannot correctly evaluate their intakes of toxic products (that happen to include prescription drugs), why not help them with devices that are effective in keeping a car off the road. </p>
<p>To me the sad and very alarming thing is that it’s so prevalent in high schools. yes, I know drugs have always been around, yes, but meth, heroin and crack cocaine at the high school level? Sorry, that is a pretty recent thing. It’s scary as heck. </p>
<p>Here’s an interest twist about the sleepy town of Antwerp in Belgium. It might very well be the capital of ectasy.</p>
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<p>Kelsmom, adding my sympathies.</p>
<p>The jails are filled with people with drug related problems. </p>
<p>Electronic music is pretty big in Seattle, too. Resolution on New Year’s Eve, Lucky around St. Patrick’s Day, and the two day Freaknight around Halloween. Many of the once-tame Capitol Hill Block Party performers were EDM. Paradiso is over at the Gorge every year.</p>
<p>MDMA is a terribly dangerous drug and one dose causes permanent damage. Kids really, really need to be aware of the risks. Here’s an interesting graph, though:
<a href=“http://thedea.org/statistics.html”>http://thedea.org/statistics.html</a></p>
<p>My son organized alcohol/drug-free EDM parties at his college last year. It’s this generation’s dance music, nothing more.</p>
<p>I don’t view a type of music that is performed less than half a dozen times a year as pretty big.
I’ve also not known either of my kids or their friends to be into it.
Perhaps it is more popular in the suburbs?</p>
<p>EDM is out drawing rock these days. Our local alt station had an EDM act headline their most recent radio show for the first time ever. This year at Coachella an EDM artist out drew the headliners on the main stage. It’s huge amongst the high school and college crowds these days. And for some reason, the drug issues are worse than at other shows. A 19 year old OD’d this weekend here in SoCal at an EDM fest. </p>
<p>Something to keep in mind regarding teen substance abuse, is that school districts often submit survey data which may not be accurate.
I don’t remember many surveys, but my H does, and he says he & his friends didn’t take them seriously and checked off that they had used everything under the sun, and then some.</p>
<p>Yikes, if this happened last Friday, my son was at that concert.
EDM does seem to be quite the thing around here.
So far, my son does not seem to have any drug issues, but I know he has “friends” who are somewhat into drugs, one so bad that he’s been to rehab multiple times.
As my kids have become young adults, I worry even more than I did when they were younger. </p>