Drugs Are The #1 Killer Of Teens In America

Distracted By Altered States Of Mind

Whether it’s marijuana, K2, oxycodone or vaping, they all distract the mind of the individual user. America is not only experiencing a drug epidemic but an identity crisis epidemic. And it starts with children and teenagers; the time when bad habits are formed and either ditched or held on to for many years to come.

Teenagers have a very different mentality than children and adults: they are focused on discovering themselves and identifying with their peers. This is where drugs come in like superglue; they stick to a teenager’s mind and almost never let go. With the advent of marijuana legalization, it is much easier for teenagers to find marijuana use acceptable.

About 10-15 years ago, teenagers were hiding their marijuana use like a homosexual hiding his sexual orientation in the closet. There was no talking about marijuana to your parents or family members. But nowadays, because of the widespread acceptance of marijuana use by state governments, teenagers are no longer experiencing any fear or pressure; they can use the drug more freely.

Drug chemists continue to remain innovative by synthesizing new and more powerful mind-altering drugs. K2 for instance is known as the “poor man’s marijuana.” About 5 dollars a baggie, it will get you just as high or higher than marijuana but at a greater expense: the potential for seizures, kidney failure, heart attacks, paranoia and hallucinations.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 100x more potent than morphine. A regular dose of what an addict believes to be heroin, ends up being their last breath of life while injecting fentanyl. The pushers don’t care about the deaths they’re racking up in the communities. The saying goes, “it is more addicting to sell drugs than to consume them.”

We are experiencing an identity crisis epidemic where teenagers no longer find as much pleasure in being themselves while sober; they become distracted by the altered states of mind provided by drugs. And this pattern has a great potential for worsening if parents and state governments do not adopt a stricter approach on the drug culture.

Legalizing marijuana? Vaping epidemics? K2 booms? Is this the culture we are promoting for future generations?

Are you Ready? (This is Defeating Stigma Mindfully)