From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 12/16/25 6:46 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > > There are a lot of kids who are given drugs to get   
   > > them hooked, then they go out and commit crimes to   
   > > get the money to buy drugs.   
   >   
   > I don't believe that. It's a common myth, and was   
   > either a plot point on vintage crime dramas or so   
   > close to it that no doubt it's the source.   
      
   [quoting] "There is a close relationship between   
   drug abuse and crime. Drug abusers commit crimes   
   to pay for their drugs and this inflicts damages   
   to the society. Moreover, many criminals are under   
   the influence of drugs while committing crimes.   
   Drug trafficking is another outcome of drug abuse.   
      
   "According to a research in the United States in 2010,   
   70% of male prisoners were drug abusers which is   
   significant compared to the 11.2% rate of drug abuse   
   in the entire male population." [end quote]   
      
   https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4070162/   
   >   
   > >> What I'm saying is that as much as it comes across as   
   > >> victim blaming, you can't pretend he didn't have a   
   > >> role in his family problems. By definition, he did.   
   > >   
   > > In any case, Rob Reiner's life wasn't entirely a   
   > > picnic. He had problems just like everyone else.   
   >   
   > Yes he did. He had problems just like everybody else.   
   > But he also had phenomenal success, great wealth and a   
   > charmed existence.   
      
   Not so charmed the way it ended, along with the   
   couple of decades of dealing with a drug-addict   
   son.   
   >   
   > When Rob Reiner was 15, hard drugs were mostly an inner   
   > city problem. It wasn't too many years after that when   
   > the "Psychedelic era" began but, if I remember from   
   > school correctly, the stupidity phase in kids peaked at   
   > 16, and even at 17 they were SIGNIFICANTLY less likely   
   > to try something like heroin... which would have been   
   > the addictive opioid of choice, back then.   
   >   
   > That's what we were taught in school:  First time hard,   
   > dangerous, addictive drug use fell off at 17. It peaked   
   > at 16 and fell sharply at 17.   
      
   That might have been the way it was back then, but more   
   recent data shows the following:   
      
   [quoting] "Among individuals aged 12 to 49 who initiated   
   heroin use in the past 12 months, the average age at first   
   use in 2013 was 24.5 years." [end quote]   
      
   https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_1943/Shor   
   Report-1943.html   
      
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