[Fred Douglass]

....a totally anonymous survey of local (Taxachussets) citizens UNDER the age of 30. Repeat: UNDER the age of 30. The only item on the survey was to state the frequency with which the respondent used illegal drugs. Nothing about alcohol, tobacco or prescripotion drugs (no matter to whom prescribed). Nothing about how acquired, how much or what type of drugs, etc. JUST how frequently.

Incredibly, it panned out, mathematically, that over 47% used drugs on a regular basis AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.

Many volunteered what type of drug. Marijuana, of course topped the list. Cocaine and a whole (dazzling!) array of others were listed.

Even if you discount 40+% or so for B.S. or braggadocio, and the like, it still indicates a very unhealthy c. 25% of our youts use drugs frequently/regularly. On a follow-up of the survey, most of the professional/medical/psychological "experts" indicated that this 25% was accurate AND that it was rock-solid and immutable-----VERY likely to resist any and all kinds of therapeutic or corrective efforts.

Time to go back and reread Gibbon's "Decline and Fall", I guess.

As for the relative guilt of America v.s. Mexico, I suppose it's in the eye of the beholder. But I think the one true test is that America's drug addiction existed BEFORE Mexico took such an active and profitable role. It's also presumed that, if we cut off Mexico, the drugs would come in from somewhere else!

Good luck America, alas, I knew ye well...........