young children doing drugs

Comment · Mon, April 1, 2013 · 0 pts

Ahh yes, Native Americans. The population with the highest alcoholism rate, and 10% of deaths related to alcohol. They are 2.5 times as likely to commit suicide than the average American. They have the highest diabetes r

Comment · Mon, April 1, 2013 · -4 pts

Well of course they are. They did not have the issues they face today hundreds of years ago. However, neither did anyone. Using historical events to place the blame gets us nowhere. I agree it's sad what the Europeans di

Comment · Mon, April 1, 2013 · 3 pts

I'm not directly blaming peyote rituals for the statistics I mentioned. However, blinding saying "the American Indians do it, so it must be ok," is a bad argument. Also: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm

Comment · Mon, April 1, 2013 · 1 pts

Good luck finding accurate peyote use statistics. It would be interesting to see, though.

Comment · Mon, April 1, 2013 · 2 pts

Nope. Only 18% of American children are obese. Over 33% is the statistic for American Indian children.

Comment · Mon, April 1, 2013 · -7 pts

What are you arguing? Facts are facts. The statistics are the way they are. Blaming colonialism does not change that. Do you want me to go back in time and stop colonialism? It's irrelevant to my argument. I am not placi

Comment · Mon, April 1, 2013 · -1 pts

Sure. If we could get real accurate data on the effects of peyote use in young people, I would love to see it. I just don't think we should blindly reference American Indian usage as an argument for it.

Comment · Tue, April 2, 2013 · 0 pts

Yes, I grew up less than a mile from the Pima reservation in Arizona. I had Native American friends, and saw how they were raised. Each family gets most of their living paid for by monthly checks from the Casinos and gov

Comment · Tue, April 2, 2013 · 3 pts

If referenced, it needs to be accompanied by some useful data. I am not aware of any studies dealing with it, though.

Comment · Tue, April 2, 2013 · 3 pts

What sort of investigation are you referring to? Anecdotal information is very useful. However, only when it is corroborated by verifiable fact. Perhaps you and I differ in this matter. That's no big deal. Prove me wrong

Comment · Tue, April 2, 2013 · 2 pts

Yes, I agree. Obesity rates are ridiculous no matter what population you look it. It's a shame really. The only way to fix it is to expand access to knowledge. The more people know about how to take care of their bodies,

Comment · Tue, April 2, 2013 · 4 pts

And I don't disagree with that. I rely on many personal things like that in my life. However, we cannot base societal decisions on that alone. I've had many personal beliefs over the years shattered by truth. If I had be

Comment · Tue, April 2, 2013 · 1 pts

Yes sir, on a personal level I have. On a societal level, not really. There's a connection with my mom that I cannot explain with verifiable fact. Sometimes she wakes up at the exact same time I do, dreaming the same thi

Comment · Tue, April 2, 2013 · 1 pts

I'm not ignoring that. I know that a person's background is extremely correlated with their success. I just don't think it should be brought up every single time something is mentioned about a group. I see how that menta

Comment · Tue, April 2, 2013 · 1 pts

Ok, you are speaking more from a morality standpoint. How can we prove that slavery feels wrong? How can we prove that certain actions go against our conscience? Well we can't really. However, that is when people have t

Comment · Tue, April 2, 2013 · 2 pts

I sincerely hope you don't say that to someone that might be in the state of mind to go through with it.

Comment · Tue, April 2, 2013 · 3 pts

Most likely not. But using the fact that American Indians give their children peyote as a springboard for a discussion on adolescent drug use doesn't make any sense either.

Comment · Tue, April 2, 2013 · 2 pts

I would agree with you. But what do you say to those that disagree?