Are Ecstasy And Acid Making A Comeback?

The rate of illicit drug use remained stable last year in the United States, but there could be a resurgence in the use of ecstasy and LSD among young adults, the federal government reported Thursday.

Bush administration officials said Thursday that overall drug use trends are encouraging, particularly for youth. About 9.8 percent of those ages 12-17 acknowledged drug use in the past month, a level comparable to the year before. However, that's a significant drop from the 11.6 percent who acknowledged drug use back in 2002.

The government conducts an annual survey of about 67,500 people to monitor drug use in the United States as well as the use of tobacco and alcohol. About 14.6 million people ages 12 and older used marijuana in the past month, while 9.6 million used illicit drugs other than marijuana.

The use of hallucinogens among youth remained stable last year, the survey indicated. But there was a statistically significant increase in the use of ecstasy among those ages 18 to 25. In that camp, 3.8 percent reported the use of ecstasy within the past year. The year before, 3.1 percent acknowledged ecstasy use.

The report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration said that the estimates on ecstasy and LSD should not be considered conclusive. Nevertheless, the consistency of results from two independent surveys "serves as evidence of a possible increase in hallucinogen use."

Most adult drug users in the United States work, but the rate of drug use is much higher among the unemployed. The rate of drug usage for the unemployed is 18.5 percent. It's 8.8 percent for full-time workers.

The survey indicated that youth today are more cognizant of the risk of drug use as well as cigarettes than they were four years ago. Still, about half of youths ages 12 to 17 reported that it would be "fairly easy" or "very easy" for them to obtain marijuana. A quarter said it would be easy to get cocaine.

[gunownerdan]

mike71067 said:
"I''''d love the experience of walking down the street with my daughters, walking past junkies sticking needles in their arms, drooling all over themselves."

There are plenty of places you can go today where you will see this and much worse. Prohibition will never stop it and in some cases it will make it even worse.
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[mike71067]

Yes, let''s legalize drugs. I''d love the experience of walking down the street with my daughters, walking past junkies sticking needles in their arms, drooling all over themselves. Heck, if I wanted to see dopeheads drooling all over themselves, throwing their money down the toilet, I would have attended one of Al Gore''s Live Earth concerts.

[gunownerdan]

Marijuana has been illegal for over 70 years and today it is America''s #1 cash crop.
Want more proof that prohibition is a failure? Just look at alcohol prohibition from the 1920''s and 1930''s when gangbangers and bootleggers had a monopoly on profits and they ruled the streets with machine guns.
Fight crime: LEGALIZE AND REGULATE DRUGS!

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[rochest]

so let''s keep the fear of illicit drugs going so we can fund the war on drugs since fear works so great for the war in Iraq just look at the federal budget .. . it doesn''t matter what the scientific evidence shows.

Legalize drugs for adults 21 and older and tax them and regulate them.

Support our troops bring them home now and support them by funding the veterans administration programs

[antoniof123]

People use drugs to escape reality so maybe drugs are not the problem but reality is so why not fix that instead of putting a band-aid on the problem.

[olebd]

Posted by rushman71 at 01:25 PM : Sep 06, 2007

Thanks for the flashback. I remember people bringing in some elaborate Turkish devices to concerts and security just looked the other way.

In contrast, I was at the Steely Dan concert last year, someone asked me for a light (for a cigarette) and security immediately came over and asked the guy to put it out because it was a non-smoking venue. LOL!!!!

[sevenveils]

The evangelical Christians and Mormons ( a non-Christian cult of Satan) and other cults including Scientology are afraid of enlightenment of any sort. Because their Science fiction authors of their religious works don''t mention self spiritual realization outside the sanctity of their church they have no direction other than what their cleric tells them. " Not doing what I tell you is bad, mkay?!" This ignorance is also found in under educated areas of the world such as the middle east.

Tune in.
Turn off.
And drop out.

[bizzzz-2009]

Ppff. Yeah, drugs are great. O''D''s are great. Domestic violence is great, DUI''s are great, spreading AIDS is great, sticking needles in your arm before going to work is great. We should do absolutely nothing about drugs.

[rushman71]

Another thing to mention: Life in Texas has become a hair better!!! As of September 1, 2007, if you are caught with 4 ounces or less, I repeat, 4 ounces or less of marijuana, you will only be given a citation!!! If you think about it, 4 ounces is A LOT!!! Half an ounce is a lot!!! Our jails have too many murderers, crooks, thieves, and rapists within each cell block!!! Why put a person in jail who was only puffing on a joint? Legalize Marijuana!!!

[jshmks]

Legalize Marijuana, and you''ll see a decrease in use of these drugs.

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IGNORANT @SS GOVERNMENT.