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  Excellent post DT1. I have often wondered why some people use drugs and others do not. Is it the lack of a proper family upbringing. There are 26 direct descendents from my fathers genes and none take drugs. We were disciplined as children and taught what was right or wrong. It didnt prevent us especially me from making mistakes but it did offer a guideline. We were all encouraged to embrace the free education system available at the time with 6th form ,college and university. Work was not a dirty word but signing on the rock and roll was not an option. Respect for other peoples property and polite manners, which we were often told, cost nothing and were a pre requiste for getting on in life.
  
  Compare that with what some children of todays society are subjected to....single underage mothers who only bore a child in order to jump up the council house waiting list.Parents who physically and mentally abuse their kids.The everyday use of foul language,the smoking of cannabis as if it were a brand of ciggy freely available from the corner shop.The lack of parental guidance but more importantly LOVE .All of these things must contribute to todays children feeling unwanted unloved and uncared for its no wonder they resort to chemicals to possess a feeling of calm and belonging.
  
  It is so important that every child is offered the best education available,that there are proper skills and trade apprentices.That proper affordable council housing is available close to their hometown or workplace.There is a lot to be said about the old mining cottages and the sense of belonging to a community that they afforded the local workers. The gap between the rich and the poor needs to be lessened with fairer taxation.Obscene fat cat bonuses and golden handshakes need to be eliminated. A final one off payment which is far greater than a normal working person can earn in a life time is just morally unacceptable. Before we start locking up 1000s of drug users who use it as a form of escapism we need to address the above problems.

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