Iceland Taught Kids How to Get High Naturally — and Teenage Substance Abuse Plummeted

June 13th, 2017

By Carolanne Wright

Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

While drug use among teens in the U.S. has dropped between 2002 and 2013, nearly 25 million youth aged 12 and older still use illicit drugs. Marijuana is the most common drug of choice, where in 2013 alone, 7.5 percent of young Americans over the age of twelve (almost 20 million) have used marijuana, a jump of about 6 percent from 2007. Abuse of other drugs — including cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens and prescription painkillers — remained unchanged from 2012 to 2013.

When we look at where America stands overall as far as substance abuse, for both teens and adults, the picture is bleak. “U.S. Lead the World in Illegal Drug Use” shouts CBS News, “North America Has A Massive Meth Problem” declares Business Insider. And BBC News ominously reports on “The horrific toll of America’s heroin ‘epidemic.’”

According to a World Health Organization survey of 17 countries, the U.S. topped the list for illicit drug use, where Americans were four times more likely to report using cocaine in their lifetime than the next closest country, New Zealand (16% vs. 4%). Use of marijuana in the U.S. was also the highest in the world at 42.4%, compared to 41.9% in New Zealand.

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