One of the unintended consequences of prohibition is extensive experimentation with various substances. This one doesn't worry me nearly as much as inhalants, which are widely used by children and are incredibly dangerous, far moreso than even cocaine. With a system of regulated distribution of drugs, ODs would plummet and accidental deaths due to drugs would fall to levels we have not seen since we started experimenting with prohibition as a way to deal with drug use and abuse. It is far past time for such a system.
that's because you're naive. look, this isn't some new trend.... i'd done it as far back as 7 years ago, and DJ Screw was talking bout it as far back as '93 or '94. all sorts of kids were doing this when i was in highschool (myself included), but we usually just rolled blunts and coating the paper with some tussinex or usually promethazine. drinking the stuff straight gave you a wicked buzz, which i thoroughly enjoyed.... i drank 1/3 of a bottle of tussinex in one sitting about 3 1/2 years ago. i could count the # of times i've done it since on one hand, though. but kids would sell straws full of it with the ends sealed off. and popping pills like xanax, valium, vicodin, etc. has been going on forever - at least in my highschool. that was what the popular suburbia kids did for recreation (and still do). the media is just years behind on trends like this... ps - supposedly Screw OD'd off a combo of lean and PCP, which makes sense. "drank up in my cup..."
I never said I thought this was a new trend. But okay fine maybe 75% of alternative kid students. And yeah 30% would be about right. What does still tippin on four fours mean
Alternative schools..you go there if you're pregnant or you've committed a bunch of offenses. Stuff like that. Actually, that must be for our district only because I am searching alternative schools, and the schools say they apply different teaching styles and basically provide alternative ways. So I guess it's not for just kids with behavioral problems. So my guesses are all totally wrong. I will definitely be quiet now.
--When I was a kid, I had to be near-death to see a doctor, so my daddy got into the habit of putting Robitussin on everything, and I mean EVERYTHING! --Daddy, I got asthama! "Well here, take some tussin!" Daddy, I got cancer! "Here, take some tussin!" Daddy, I broke my leg! "Here, put some tussin on it... that's right, let the tussin sink in there."
Like some of you have mentioned, this is old news. I guess since some of the H-town rappers are blowing up nationally, we are getting more of a rep for that. But I remember hearing a lot more about syrup and screwed music about 5 years ago, and they used to play that rap song that went "...heeeyyyy......HHooolllllDDDDDd UUPPP... I got too much lean in my cccuupppp!" I don't think the syrup problem is any worse than it used to be then.
