Troubled Teens Resources

Teen crisis intervention in the area of meth addiction has become a war.

“The Mexican Mafia came onto reservations with a Fortune 500 business plan to begin establishing places of distribution or transport into our communities,” Moore said.”

Perhaps troubled teenagers would think twice before purchasing drugs if they had a clue as to who was behind selling them. Teens at risk today take perverse pride in being-anti;anti- big oil, anti- corruption, anti-poverty. Maybe it is time to not only educate kids about the dangers of drugs but to also expose them to the “corrupt big business” that markets them, perpetuating the poverty of addiction. Perhaps teens could get as upset about the corrupt business of drug distribution as they seem to get over big oil.

“Wind River, Wyo., was one of the first reservations to be targeted. Mexican drug cartels brought methamphetamine onto the rural and minimally patrolled reservation in 2000, and many dealers fathered children with Native American women while getting them hooked on the illegal drug. With rampant poverty, many of these women were forced to peddle the drug to support their habit”.

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If “big oil” trespassed onto Indian land and devastated the population, the kids would be very angry. Perhaps if they could understand that “big drugs” is doing that to an entire country of teenagers they would not want to hand over money to the kid selling on the street corner. The above linked article is one you can print out and leave it where your teen can read it. It might change a few minds.