Experts say yes.
The famous Partnership for a Drug-Free America commercial once pictured a distraught father questioning how his son learned to use drugs. Today's increased concern over children's drug use should come as no surprise. Republican State Rep. Lynn Lundquist announced ominously that marijuana use among 8th graders tripled since 1990. National numbers indicate that children all over the country are experiencing increased use of marijuana, inhalants and in some cases speed, cocaine and heroin. A long day's work comes to an end in Portland.