Our teenage “druggies” are habituated to drugs rather than … - Virgil Miller Newton

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Our teenage “druggies” are habituated to drugs rather than addicted. While beer and other alcoholic beverages are preferred drugs, kids have simply not used alcohol long enough to become addicted. The other drug of preference – marijuana – is not addictive.

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About Virgil Miller Newton

Virgil Miller Newton III (September 6, 1938 – August 8, 2025), also known as Father Cassian, was an American Antiochian Orthodox priest best known for his rehabilitative youth centers.

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