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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 9 months ago

“Unprecedented” decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

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“Unprecedented” decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 9 months ago
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Kids who were in 8th grade at pandemic’s start have ushered in an era of abstaining.
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    cannabis is no longer sold by the teenager down the street that drives the firebird trans-am.

    it is sold in cannabis shops, and no adults will sell it to kids.

    that is why less kids have access. and it is why kids slam cars into cannabis shops to steal it.

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      Where do you live where kids are crashing cars into pot shops?

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        The United States of America. That is a small sample from one year from one state in the USA.

        https://komonews.com/news/local/smash-and-grab-burglary-attempt-south-seattle-georgetown-car-fire-department-bakeree

        https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-have-a-heart-greenwood-dispensary-pot-shop-smash-and-grab-burglary-stolen-kia-property-damage-crime-king-county

        https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-central-district-cannabis-dispensary-forbidden-cannabis-smash-and-grab-burglary-crime-surveillance-video-recreational-marijuana-security

        https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2023/10/burglary-team-pulls-off-overnight-capitol-hill-pot-shop-heist-by-crashing-car-through-front-window/

        https://newstalk870.am/thieves-smash-car-into-gig-harbor-pot-store-video/

        https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/car-repeatedly-rams-lake-city-pot-store-smash-and-grab-burglary/NKH2UHVFAJEUHDFC63ZK3PETSA/

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          Ah so Seattle. My bad if that came across as not believing you, it’s just we have legal weed now in Jersey and I’ve never heard of that. Honestly most of our dispensaries look like banks with the level of security they have though.

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            That probably has more to do with the cash than the weed.

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      Yeah my dealer never ID’ed me. Legal businesses do. Go figure. The hardest part of smoking a joint as a teen was buying the tobacco.

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      Is the preferred car to slam into a cannabis shop a Trans Am?

      Because if it isn’t then these kids are truly lost.

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