hoots7 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 ... ok, a good website to go to for statistics is Study by University of Michigan it's got a lot of good stuff on there... more specifically, I was suprised to find that the over all illicit drug use rate reflected what I remember from school... I'm in the Class of 1990 group ... in this link: LongTerm Data there is an increase towards the 80's that then drops off and then begins to climb again with the class of 92 ... my theory is that ... by 1990, the class of 1980-83 were in their Late 20's being "role models" ...actors, politicians, sports people, musicians ..etc ... people that were looked upto by kids who were in jr. high and early highschool :D add that to the fact that, by 1990, the Just say No program had been functioning for 4 or 5 years at the jr high level ... and you'll see that it was probably getting stale and old ... to the younger teens who'd seen some of their older brothers and sisters and cousins and friends who were part of the 40% who were doing drugs at the time but DIDN't die before finishing highschool ... and SO the youngin's decided it was safe .Thanks for the chart, sorry for getting off the topic.Acording to the chart I was correct, my gen did use less than previous & later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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