Scouting, Volume 60, Number 1, January-February 1972 Page: 23
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4 young person needs a home where love
is expressed openly with words and actions.
young people is to be a part of
something bigger than themselves. It
gives them a track to ride upon, a
sense of worth, something to share
with others, the feeling of being in-
volved. For many, religion is like that.
For many, Scouting, Exploring and
such affiliations are like that. But for
thousands of others there is nothing
like that in their lives. They feel cut
off, alone, isolated.
Then beyond all that, but related to
it, is their need to know themselves by
testing and experimenting. Through
that process they learn that it is nec-
essary to take a stand on some
things, even when it is risky. That is
the way young persons gather
strength. If there is no one to help
them reach toward self-discovery,
that inner strength may not be built
up at all.
During a 2-year period we have
listened to many young people. Some
were in Scouting and Exploring and
some were not. Some were involved
in the abuse of drugs and some were
not. We now know that the climate
for experimenting with drugs exists
long before experimentation itself
begins.
Young people who are not involved
in drug abuse have told us they have
not needed it because they have real
highs: friends they can rely upon,
warm relations with their parents,
being a part of something they con-
sider important, and the means of
beginning to know themselves. Al-
most without exception, the young
people who are in the drug abuse
scene have told us they lack these
very things.
It is not very surprising that young
people who feel utterly alone would
reach into the drug scene for the
warmth they are lacking. The artificial
highs look enticing when the real
ones are missing.
The nation's outstanding authori-
ties have told us that if we wish to
contribute to the ultimate solution of
the crucial drug abuse problem we
must create the means whereby J>
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