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Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

(arstechnica.com)
349 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 17 Dec 24 23:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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aucisson_masque ◴[21 Dec 24 09:39 UTC] No.42478588[source]▶
It says what but fail to explain the why. Some hypothesis in the comments about technology being the new 'drug' for teenager so they don't seek drugs, some other about how now everything is recorded so they can't go nuts, ... I don't buy it at all

For me it's just a cultural shift, it's no more cool to be that guy that smoke weed or is drunk. That's all.

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1. lfmunoz4 ◴[21 Dec 24 18:14 UTC] No.42481197[source]▶
Might be a projection, i.e, you think teens do drugs to be cool. My group of friends we were legit curious read books like The Doors of Perceptions where we thought we would meet God or Aliens travel to astrospace. Any recent books like that? That made teens curious about drugs?