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All those ads about parents being the anti-drug? Yeah, well, there's a reason they didn't work:
Today, however, the fastest-growing population of drug abusers is white, middle-aged Americans. This is a powerful mainstream constituency, and unlike with teenagers or urban minorities, it is hard for the government or the news media to present these drug users as a grave threat to the nation.And that's why your stash disappeared when you visited Mom and Dad over the holidays.Among Americans in their 40s and 50s, deaths from illicit-drug overdoses have risen by 800 percent since 1980, including 300 percent in the last decade. In 2004, American hospital emergency rooms treated 400,000 patients between the ages 35 and 64 for abusing heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, hallucinogens and "club drugs" like ecstasy.
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how exactly does one get themselves hospitalized for marijuana abuse?
In 2004, American hospital emergency rooms treated 400,000 patients between the ages 35 and 64 all of whom were total pussies.
iantenna- you know that highly detailed, like REALLY realistic plastic sushi? Completely indigestible. Take it from me.
iantenna, chase it with shrooms, crystal, and vodka.
I smoked a joint with my dad when I was younger. He proceeded to tell me every sin he's committed against the family and thusly killed my buzz. Thanks Dad!
Cut the baby boomers some slack, people. Remember when they solved racism and made wars go away forever?
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