• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    I know this is a shitpost, but really we should highlight what little good news we can find these days. Alcohol and other drug use among kids has been steadily dropping since 1980.

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      5 hours ago

      I’m afraid there is an equal increase in some other substances that are either harder to track or technically don’t count as drugs, like some weird synthetic gas station stuff

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        5 hours ago

        I think there’s a huge spike in gambling if that counts.

        House always wins, my main takeaway from a few high school probability classes, a horrible first time at a casino and Fallout New Vegas probably.

        So many people are desperate and throwing their money and hope at that predatory and shockingly under-regulated industry

        I’d say it’s probably worse and less manageable than most central nervous system surprises available at the gas station

        Hope you’re less afraid? I am high, so I could all be, like, stupidly wrong.