For example, marijuana today is much more potent than it was in the sixties. What's more, kids today often dip marijuana in other substances like PCP or ecstasy. It's quite common for kids in many parts of the country to hollow out cigars and put marijuana inside the cigar leaves. We also have LSD in a more potent form than in the sixties. Kids steal drugs from their family medicine cabinets and sell them as party drugs.
Kids become inhalant addictive, often inhaling common household products like white-out.
The drug scene is so different, and every year kids find new, creative ways to get high. People need to feel they're doing something, and I suppose if prevention programs help one child, they're worth it. However, I tend to stay away from prevention, and the people who advocate prevention get impatient with me. They want me to promote it, but I just don't think it works. I won't speak at prevention conferences unless I can talk about how parents can get their kids to treatment.