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What are the Odds in Detroit?
ROUGHLY 10% OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PERFORMED BINGE DRINKING IN THE PAST MONTH
Just picture 10% of all your son's friends excessively drank in the past month. To binge drink is noteworthy at any age; so binge drinking at an age of 12-17 is flagrant.
Let's assume your son or daughter wants to go to a party. Keep in mind that 10% of the people there have drank excessively in the past month. A typical party has 30-70 people, and you can do the math on how many will be binge drinking.
Along with this drinking situation, there is an equally ghastly situation concerning the use of marijuana and other illicit drugs.
JUST ABOUT 15% OF 12-17 YEAR-OLDS IN MICHIGAN SMOKED WEED IN THE PAST YEAR
The extent of this percentage should not be underrated. This percentage translates to over 68,000 teenagers smoking marijuana each year.
Although thought of a relatively un-harmful drug, marijuana is often misunderstood as its effects are deep and long-lasting. It isn't called the gateway drug for nothing.
MOREOVER, 5% OF 12-17 YEAR-OLDS USED ILLICIT DRUGS OTHER THAN MARIJUANA IN THE PAST MONTH
Although that may appear to be a small percentage, that number is over 20,000. That's 20,000 teenagers using drugs other than marijuana. Cocaine, heroine, LSD, etc. Considering that those drugs are fatal, 20,000 teenagers are putting their lives at risk EACH MONTH.
What does this have to do with you?
Well, if you want your kids to follow suit and get drunk, get high, along with potentially getting arrested, then this doesn't have to do with you.
But if you don't want that to happen, then this applies to you as an awakening. An awakening to help you realize that your kids' lives are not completely safe with a very heavy drug influence here in Detroit. If your kids are in the age group of 12-17, then you must work to guarantee a drug-free life for them. It is not enough to assume their long-time friends do not do drugs or alcohol. With odds being 1 out 6 of their friends using marijuana or other illicit drugs it is likely your child has already been exposed to drugs.
With 1 and 10 of your kid's friends binge drinking every month the odds are increasing that your son or daughter will get caught in the grips of substance abuse.
Spending time for your friend's or child's future is affordable. Never believe you're too busy to save a life. If your kids or one of their friends has already fallen victim to substance abuse, don't wait, call for help. Our addiction specialist can help find the right program for your situation. Call today 1-877-211-7428.