• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I liked my sister’s answer when someone offered her cigarettes to try.

    “If I don’t like it, it will be a shitty experience. If I do like it, that’s much worse. There’s no way for me to smoke a cigarette and win.”

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      3 months ago

      I mean as cliche as this seems to be an an answer, I think the best solution is to not try them in the first place. You can’t lose if you never play the game.

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        3 months ago

        Yeah. It’s weird that just saying “no” really is the best move. We just shouldn’t count on it when teaching kids about substance abuse.

        Just like with abstinence-only sex education, basing the entire strategy around just one method of preventing an unwanted outcome is dumb.