Posted by shar on August 19, 2003, at 12:13:58
In reply to Lou's response to Shar's post-PT2 » shar, posted by Lou Pilder on August 19, 2003, at 9:16:56
> Shar,
> You wrote that you agreed with me about teens emulating heros.
> In today's society, the psychiatrist is held in the highest esteem by our society with the exception of, perhaps, a veternarian.......Lou, I would appreciate it if you could provide some empirical evidence that supports your claim that psychiatrists (and/or vets) are held in higher esteem by young people than celebrities, rock stars, movie stars, peers, garage bands, etc., and kids are more likely to be influenced by them to use drugs if they allow a discussion of drug use to take place.
.........And, I would appreciate some evidence (empirical, preferably, instead of personal) that NOT talking about drugs and suppressing information is more likely to prevent drug use than talking about drugs.
........I would also appreciate knowing if you differentiate between allowing a discussion to take place, and encouraging drug use?
........And, finally, I'd like to know your opinion about the fact that kids can die if they don't have accurate information about drugs. (It goes without saying that if information is suppressed, they won't have accurate information.) Given that suppression of information can lead to death or overdose or other bad things, how is that better than allowing discussions? Even discussions that DON"T encourage drug use, but merely mention it?
Thank you!
Shar
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