drugs and youth, what to do?

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Jakob

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Jul 15, 2014
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So this is a big topic, I was thinking about it today, when I was at the bus stop, and these 4 guys, and 2 girls, (must've been 15-17) came and sat next to me, and they were carrying each a wine bottle/vodka/liqour, you get the image.
This is very common, in summer vacation, and weekends in Denmark. The guys were talking alpha-male like, pretending to be "tough" while the girls were like "I got so drunk haha, next time i have vodka slap me will you?" which is both very sad.
Next thing this beautiful vision comes, a handicapped walking with 2 small children, one in each hand.
(I remember the handicapped, i see him quite a lot, i dont know his name, but its just wonderful to see him, hes always positive) One joke i remember he was saying when I met him randomly like 5 years ago, that stuck to my brain was when i was at the library using a computer, and he was on a computer too, and says "These computers! They should be getting pension soon!" (cause they're old) he whispered, and i burst out in laughter.
Anyway back to the story, so these teens start saying "who would want to pay a handicapped to take care of their children? Maybe he's a pedophile" etcetc, which hurt in my ears.
So while they prepare for a joint, I move some space away from them, cause i dont even wanna inhale that, since my psychosis i had. I dont EVER wanna experience that again, Nor for my worst enemy to experience that.
So one of the guys is like "whats up man?" where im like "yeah, just do your thing, its public i dont mind, i just dont want any near that" and he goes "why child, never smoked?" while he burst him up like a big gorilla, alpha-male.
And im like "well, thats none of your buisness is it? But for your information, I used to drink everyday for 3 years, do loads of drugs, and smoke weed until I had a psychosis. I was searching for answers to life, like you are now, 'having fun'. So have fun" where he says "bro you're fair enough" and goes out to give me a high-five, where im like 'what the heck?'

My question is, what can we do about kids and drugs? I took drugs not cause i wanted to have fun, but to search for answers, and when i was in the drug enviorment, i saw a lot of people with the same upbringing as me, they have pain.
What can we do? Metaphorically, i wouldnt call them apes escaping the zoo, maybe sloths with a brain they cant handle, wanting to sleep.
 
Not all kids want to do drugs. It must be a very small percentage who ever do, really. I will never smoke, let alone take drugs because I know its lame.
 
I think that the kids who want to do drugs or that are doing drugs are the ones that are hurting. They hurt, or they don't have many friends and that druggie group of friends is the one group that will accept them. as much as i want to stop my friends, peers, those kids from doing drugs, it'll be so hard. i think the best thing to do is, still invite them places with different people that don't use drugs. and keep doing that and maybe one time (if that actually go with you) they'll have fun without drugs for once and finally see that you can do that. when they feel accepted and wanted somewhere else, it will help them out alot to help them stop. and just be there for them. they're hurting, they need someone. so just be that someone (: