Teenagers perspectives on fixing the teenage drug abuse problem: "Stop wealthy parents giving them 'free' money to spend on drugs!"

I've been feeling inspired by some teenagers ideas about the problem of teenage drug abuse…

The 3 most popular ideas from a small group of Bulgarian teenagers, in a recent, short session I ran, about fixing the problem of teenage drug abuse, were:

1. Get more resources to enable more psychologists to work with identified users…
2. Get more resources for undercover police work…

And my personal favourite, and ‘theirs’ too, actually:

3. Stop the parents of wealthy teenagers just giving them ‘free money’ to buy drugs…

Hmmm…, how to do that…, especially how to control the way teenagers spend money they have access to?

Idea 3 poses the fascinating possibility that parents who make good money are feeding the drug habits of their own kids, who, presumably they love, possibly sending them into a life of drug trouble or even an early grave!?