Drug Use Up

Whoever said, we get wiser as we age is probably turning in their grave. I am in the 25-30 age group and was I baffled when I first heard the finding last week! Kudos to the teens who have wisely taken a stand against illegal drugs... And shame on the Willie Nelsons! Gone are the days when parents had to hide their cigarettes from their children. Today, children have to hide their stash from granny. Oh boy, have times changed.
On a side note, two months ago on BBC radio, it was reported that the STD rate was higher in Florida among the ba

My friend used drugs.He THOUGHT that he is failure.Lot of people THOUGHT he is failure.His familiy THOUGHT he is failure.I THOUGHT he is beutiful,uniq human.Today ,he is succesful.Today,Love is his drug:-)Really,there are no failurs,there are only loving, shining souls having human experience.

Well, at least there's SOME good here...if youths are taking less drugs, it can only be good for the future because I'm supposing the same way the ba

Compared to many of the sleeping pills that are prescribed Marijuana is rather healthful. Although THC may impede brain development in children,

God bless you.. I'm 20 and I've been waiting for a man of integrity in the celebrity spotlight to denounce drug use in the way you just did for a long, long time. I think half the problem is the way it's glamorised

Totally agreed the point that youth were smarter now on avoiding drug abuse. However, the dishonest drug distributor will not be 'hands off'. They push more and more different kinds of drugs to the market such as ecstasy, ketamine, and methylamphetamine. They promote these drugs with the slogan 'More powerful pellet' which actually lead to a more serious damage to the brian! The youth now faces a more challenging temptation.

I think Pot should be legal, and taxed. They could use the money to give free health insurance. Beer has all the same effects as a joint, yet we have bars everywhere.

It's true that the ba

Hi, I¨m afraid I loose the point of that¨
¨¨I don't know whether to be glad that today's teenagers are getting smart or to be depressed that so many people from my generation are just so stupid..¨¨
.. how can be a person like you feeling depressed about others people weakness-es?
if you choosed to did¨t smoke & drink and others do it, is a dear somebody arround affected wich can influence the mood ¨till depression?!
As child I hate my stepfather smoking (never in home)and have always hardwords for him, I choose sport but yes is stupid that with 21 years I start to smoke as fullishbrave with my ¨¨friends¨¨ circle..
but not in home, hate to have taht smell in aire, clouthes or hair..bleah
If my son 9years old put everywhere notes like:if you smoke you¨ll pay to me 2euro! he mean it serieusly that is affected of my attitude and hope he hate that bad habit as much i do it long time ago...
You know, the most strongheaded donkey did¨t go 2 times with his head on thissame stone!! :)what the reason is to burn myself that way is a stupidity and my example I did¨t want to be followed from my son..any how is smart enough but who know the circle friends what a impact can have on him too? or how HE choose to avoit the bad or to accept it, that¨s all about, no blame to no one, we are responsable for the choose we¨ve made .
somehow I¨m very ¨¨licenced¨¨
to cleaning things, but perhaps in that healthdamage almoust done?will take years to recover it, right? a bad habit change it ..with a good one like sport?!
talking is easy but is right, an overdosis stubborness I need to
apply for it..
hmm, ïll see it. If not capabel to do it for myself any how, the ¨mirror¨I represent for my son need to be hard adjusted. ..
is addiction so high that after soo much time some can turning on to marijuana? about pills, are necessary perhaps but a body can absorb 4% from, and others, if the body didn¨t burn it,..
better a coup of thea...
what a ¨¨¨response-able¨¨am I instead of responsable in smoking behavior?!hmmm.
K.O.shoot article :( for the health good),
but please avoid unnecessary depression wich is like..
an apple with a beast inside,
not funny to think about that image too,right? :)
thank you,Dana

It is hard to determine why people lost sight. Too much pressure in our society.
Young people may try these types of drugs when put under more pressure. Life can be very difficult, stay strong with guidence.

A good article on why the numbers of people 50-59 are going up can be seen at http://www.drugabuse.gov/whatsnew/meetings/bbsr/prevalence.html . Most people who are using illicit drugs right now are 20-21 years of age. Even with the numbers up 63%- only about 4% of the people in the age 50-59 age group use illicit substances- but those people are caught and the number of people who are older and using substances as they get older will only increase as time goes

The original article from which these statistics are drawn (The National Survey on Drug Use and Health) can be seen at: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH.htm#NSDUHinfo. The figures that Donald is quoting are the percentages of people in the age groups that used substances in the past month at the time of the survey- not lifetime use. Lifetime use is coming down in teens- but it's down to about 50% for graduating seniors in 2005.

Listen...please have a real editor edit your comments before you post. You do not sound as intellegent as I think you wish to sound; however, I appreciate your attempt to relate to the "common folk." You are a crazy cat and your success is noteworthy. Your "article" just seems like a piece of fluff. Sorry...

It so sad to hear so many people run themselves to drugs. In fact, those people panic with life and they dont know what is goin' on with this life! Thanks to my parents and their taught to me to be wise in this life and think with thoroughly about good and bad in this life!
I wish people more have self awareness and keep faith for good life!

Have you ever stopped to consider that making marijuana illegal has only made it more popular? The Prohibition era should hve taught us the futility of forbidding access to mild psychoactives such as alcohol. The end result was that America does not have a responsible drinking culture. In Europe you learn to drink at the dinner table, a glass of wine for everyone (cut with water for the children). In the Netherlands most drugs are legal or at least not persecuted and they have the lowest addiction rate in Europe.

Another factor to be loked at is WHY people turn to drugs after a certain age. I'm 33 and my boss makes me REALLY want to smoke two joints...

I would like to see if thier are links between the usage of narcotics and the state of depression within specific age groups.

I've never done hard drugs like cocaine or heroin. I don't take pills. I indulge in Cannabis. I've never committed a crime against anyone. I raise a very happy family. I have a very lucrative career. 'Nuff said.

Motion pictures have significant influences upon humanity that people tend to copy the behavior of beautified scenes from movies, with which futuristic conceptions are predominating the movie scene that most kids of the 21st century are lucky to have gotten away from brainwashes of depraved influences with sex, drugs and Rock n roll out of the Vietnam War era, but to have taken them to indulge into the computerized fantasies, which in a way a counterpart of drug abuses. It is hard to define whether it's good or bad when somehow it can't help for human being to go after certain additions for mind comforts when the world is sometimes not a paradise for most population, in which the paradise shall develop from a happy healthy family, and happy healthy families shall develop from vigorous societies of proper governing with appropriate spiritual believes.

Use of drugs and irresponsibility have nothing to do with each other. Many successful, responsible people indulge in drug use and raise happy families.The fact is, the drugs that are proven to be worse for you, are the ones that are legal in America, cigarrettes, alcohol, all these ridiculous pills in recent commercials with devastating side effects.But it's ok in America, as long as it helps you keep working. That's why pot will never be the drug of America, caffeine will always be number one, so we can just keep on working. We should take a tip from European culture, they work less, and live longer.

So right on the money Mr. Trump. It is one of my greatest disappointments to have had to give up friends who never got off the damn grass, and other drugs dappled with hand-in-hand. Suggest to a marijuana user its addictive properties, and you'll get a vehement defensively indigant response. Just like the person below. It irritates me that these regressive grown-ups cannot see past their nose, literally, to realize they are part of a huge societal problem that impacts us all; Destroys children in school; Kills people trying to stop criminals operating at our borders!!! They're worse than stupid. But I can't use appropriate language to describe them here.

Having lived in Amsterdam where soft drugs are legal and the systems works. There are no increases in the usages. People see the drug like wine. How many people die from alcohol each year??I am a 45 year old professional that uses Cannabis. I have been a market maker in the financial markets and now a real estate developer. I have a 3.5 in investment finance from a high profile graduate program. NUFF said

I enjoy the posts and responses and have learned to get excited when I see the Trump University newsletter in my email inbox. I think just

Bill Gates eluded to his use of LSD in a Playboy interview in the 1990s, and Dr. Kary B. Mullis claims that LSD use enabled him to have the blessed psychelic vision that led to his getting the nobel prize for inventing PCR, the procedure for making copies of DNA. So you can get mad at use of psychedelics but at the end of the day, it is the psychedilic drug user that ends up with the nobel prize and the mainstream legal booze user like George W. Bush and Richard Nixon who gets us into unwinnable wars, time and time again. Of course my rhetoric is just banter to blow you off, but please don't ignore the very troubling web links and what this means for the history of science on this planet.....

I think "soft drug" laws create a rediculous, wastful burden on the court and incarceration systems and result in much added violance and risk to a somewhat "personal and consentual" adult behavior. However, the laws are there, they do get somewhat randomly enforced, and it IS stupid (even if convinced using isn't a moral issue) to risk a happy, productive, and worthwhile lifestyle for something so unnecessary with all the other entertainment options that are legal. Hard drugs, well, there's just too much probablility of risk to other members of society based on the evidence and results and their effects are likely so behavior changing on an organic level that "consensual use" becomes challenging to believe.

At first I was wondering what this has to do with being successful, or building wealth. This is very relavent to becoming sucessful, if we understand our environment, our surrondings we are much more capable of spotting trends and opportunities that present themselves. Drugs seem to be a recreational pastime that becomes a lifestyle. It's unfortunate that people don't see drugs for what they truly are, a waste of time and a charecter ailment. People who are truly happy with themselves and those who are not running from fear have no need for drugs, as Donald always say's find something you love to do and do it and you will make alot of money I'd lay odds
you won't see Donald Trump smoking a joint. Life is in itself a fantastic ride IF YOU DO IT CORRECTLY

They are stupid!

I too do not and never did use drugs. I simply cannot have that in my life. Drugs are a crutch to bandaid the pain
you have endure to achieve success.
It only leads to distruction.

Louis D'Angelo
North Hempstead, L I
NY

I don't do drugs but alcohol seems to be far more of a problem than drugs are. You don't open the newspaper to see "Car accident takes out family of four, cause of accident was due to smoking weed." You do see this every week though with alcohol. It is impossible to do but I think if weed was legal and alcohol was illegal, there would be less traffic accidents and deaths. To, bad it is too much of a culture change to make it happen.

Almost all societal problems you pose, Mr. Trump, including use of illegal drugs, is due to the faulty educational mechanisms of society, from family planning right up to corporate value reinforcements. So you have a prime responsibility to do more than point it out. You need a comprehensive White Paper that reveals the complicitness, from M.D.s that overprescribe to R

Mr. Trump,

It is great to hear that the youth are acting smarter regarding drugs. However, I am going to be honest with you. I have noticed that your style in these blogs has changed over the past few weeks and the quality of the opinion has deteriorated - I am sorry to say.

Before, I used to really look forward to your snippets of wisdom. Now, I find myself wondering why has the quality decreased so much?

I am sure that if you read this, you will have an answer that will aim to put me in my place. I just think that in the context of the products/services you are offering to prospective customers like myself that the material you write should be more directly relevant to business. (I would greatly welcome your perspective on the implications of climate change for business).

Thanks for taking the time to read my opinion.

Yours Sincerely,

Michael Haverty

I personally think that ba

Donald, Your concerns about drugs should be specific. There is as much a differance between THC and Crack as there is between milk and whiskey. Reality needs to be bent sometimes

The good news is that it fuels your economy!
And makes up half a billion dollars which helps keep
your stock market up and both creates good profitable jobs
for your children!

"Have you ever stopped to consider that making marijuana illegal has only made it more popular?"

But, have you ever stopped to consider that making murder illegal has only made it more popular?

Sorry, that argument's just a little weak.

The only way we in England and you in the States will ever get ride of drugs is to give them to registered users in doctors surgeries freely, therefore making their market value worthless.
Forced rehabilitation does not work and the pushers make a fortune, make it worthless and we all win. In the UK the crime rate is largely driven

Fact is that alcohol kills more people than all of the illegal drugs combined. The Drug Warriors have cost the country a trillion dollars with their scam of a drug war. Grown adults should be able to put any substance in their body as long as it isn't at work or while operating cars or machinery. People who sell drugs to kids should go to prison. I believe the rate is down for kids because we have finally wised up and are spending more money on education. THe nuts who promote locking people up are not long term thinkers, and very short sighted. And finally, to Charles Kaltwasser. Kennedy got us into Vietnam, not Nixon. Get your facts correct or get off the lunatic left web sites

You know everybody keeps telling that there is so much competition on your way to the top... I don't think that way. The more people are taking drugs the less competition we have. I just don't get it why are those people so eager to make it easier for the real strong and smart ones...

It is definitely true that there is a need for more corporate social responbility. Employers should come up with drug education programs, as well as programs to help employees relieve stress. Work/life balance programs are becoming a big part of corporate life as more employees are told to multitask, a term that give fits.

Wouldn't it be nice to be back in the l960's. Whatever that meant. I think we might just be evolving to the point where we are not so naive about flower power. I understand it really means a literal energy from the earth. We all have it. I think that is what's missing. Our individual energy, that we are as Powerful as ever, and drugs may be the way for some people, albiet a temporary high. I think the higher self is the best high. Maybe drugs just is short break from the chaos of this world. Peace. Isn't that what we took from the 60's, what they were about. Maybe the boomers didn't build that bridge after all, to peace that is. Peace is within, at least I'm trying to make this my reality, and sometimes in this world drugs are the only break, though I don't take any. There is pain, it comes with living on "earth." Drugs may help. But there is more, we have only begun to see this, I think. There is a way. We are human, this is the spiritual revolution of the human spirit. We'll get there. It's just a matter of "seeing" the highest "high" drug free. Peace is the highest high, what matters most for peace. The solution is not given enmasse, and I think that is why drugs help. Change is inevitable. An old phrase goes: Journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step. I think the first step is an open mind to the new spiritual way of communicating. Talk to your own spirit, does that sound too unreal. Maybe then it really is a "communication" thing. Maybe drugs open the mind, when consciously we have too much information on our minds to get there, But there is a way. The bridge is still being constructed, and I think we'll cross it after all.

The reason Marijuana consumption is up, is hardly because it is illegal. It's legal in Amsterdam and loads of people smoke it! People actually travel to Amsterdam to smoke it. I realise that a lot of people from Amsterdam don't agree, ironically most of those people smoke Marijuana regularly…
I think Donald makes a fair point, of course alcohol is a problem but this article is concerning drugs.

Using the drugs is one of the most devastating habits of a human. It is so Using the drugs is one of the most devastating habits of a human. It is so bad to compare, but…even animals doesn't use the drug! Why humans do it then?! It brings people to an uncontrolled mental state, kills the future and enriches the evil people (criminals).

Comments on some of the comments. Substance abuse is substance abuse. Alcohol is just as bad as the other substances. Marijuana is an intoxicating substance, and has many of the side effects of other intoxicating substances. Driving while intoxicated, is dangerous to yourself and others- it kills- doesn't matter what the substance is. Intoxication both legal and illegal has huge social costs, increases crime rates, keeps our prisons fill, contributes to family violence, costs tax dollars to treat the addicted, has a high mortality rate, increases human suffering. Making all intoxicating substances legal and putting heavy taxes for purchase for use over the age of 21 would decrease our tax burden, increase out resources to deal with the problem, focus enforcment on those who help children obtain these substances, and may even make agriculture more profitable and safer for the third world farmer. However- IMHO- if everyone stopped using all intoxicating substances- both legal and illegal- we would see a golden age on earth. Crime rates could decrease (70% of all people in our prisons have substance abuse problems), life expectancy would increase, quality of life would increase, violence- especially family violence- would drastically decrease- and we could use the tax dollars spent on a variery of social ills for more productive purposes. We can't prove causal links between substance abuse and many of the social ills- other than driving while intoxicated- but there are substantial correlations. I personally have seen the lives of brilliant people seemingly ruined. Some people can use almost any substance without ill effects- but that's not a justification because you never know if you are going to be a statistic until its too late. The later in life that you start using a substance- the better the chances that you can use it responsibly and the lower the chance that it will become a lifelong problem- so it is really encouraging to see use rates down in children. If we stop the agriculture of raw material for substance abuse, we may even stop deforestation and help the global warming situation. If you care about yourself and your world- then you will stay sober. If you care about your children, then teach them to stay sober. Let's all work for a better, safer, happier world.

This is the first thing, that I ever have seen with DONALD TRUMP´s name on it, that is wrong.
Lucky Donald Trump and others, who were able to succeed so convincingly in reality.
But why shouldn´t the others be allowed to build castles in the air?

I think we should consider peoples motives before we condemn them. People use illegal drugs for the same reason they use legal drugs. It doesn't cure the problem, but like aspirin or beer at least you feel better for a little while. Hardly a reason to throw someone in jail, or say they are bad people.

I am in agreement with the post made

How come there are no women speakers at your gathering on October 6?

I'll submit a request. How about the President of Chile?

Dear Donald: Here it goes again, it's you and me on the subject of drugs. The fact is that so many individuals

I hope more peole could expirience the great high of meditation and or concentration to excell in thier chosen endevores rather than allowing a statistic to be made for them.. remember the snow boarder that won the Olympic gold medal but only lost it because pot is illegal, has any one ever proven pot is bad for you? or just that its illegal so our gov't could deport mexicans back @ 60 years ago in the day. personally i'm done with pot as it is far inferior to good old God given mind power through concentration and meditation. These are still legal for now, but getting high is like turning your back, sure you "know" what is gowing on behind you but isn't life about creating the great future in front of you.Prisons are privatized in some states so people can capitalize on the law, so if you want to be "suc-cessful" as we'd assume from your membership here,then stay sober and make your new buiseness makeing this a world of freedom based on truth and justice NOT a world of liers and thier prisons for those who can't hire a lawer to get them off for a non violent crime

It is good to know that drug use amongst teens is down... Now, if we could just get them to put down their cells & read a book or two... guess healthy idiots are better than stupid, wrecklessly unhealthy idiots...
I disagree that Mr. Trump should only blog about business... this shows that he is a well-rounded person, who has thoughts on all subjects of importance in the world, today. Why do you think he's so great at commerce? Hello! He keeps up w/EVERYTHING (trend)! True genius if you ask me! What is sexier than that? Oh, some jerk snorting cocaine, frying his brain, and his entire anatomy? How were drugs ever cool? Glad I tried them, don't like them... illegal, legal... whatever. I "think" my way through pain. Perhaps, I would need some morphine or something if I had a limb severed or blown off (at war)... other than that... prescription drugs make people wimpy! And, stupid to boot... Just because a Dr. doles them out, does not make them a good thing. (Grandma's heart meds are okay). Be high on life! Have more sex or work out... forget the meds and the pot! Red wine on occassion is nice... maybe a bit of champagne... Oh, and, thanks, Mr. Trump, for helping me w/my smoking cessation! It's been nearly 2 weeks now... my 2nd attempt to stop... this time, I'm doing it. For those of you who smoke...read Mr. Trump's "Smoking" blog. He psyched me right out of that nasty, dirty, stinky, cancerous/heart disease, promoting habit. My skin looks better already... and, I no longer smell like an ashtray. Reading, REAL ESTATE 101, is helping, as well... I really feel like I can accomplish anything so I don't need to continue with the slow suicide of cigarette smoking! Now, let's hope I don't fall onto the subway tracks or get hit

Hello! I only want to share a part of my view for anyone who may care....and it is primarily (truthfully) dealing with Marijuana. I don't see the statistics as being a true show of how things are turning out. So much talk and energy goes into the amount of people who utilize illegal drugs...but I wonder where the rest of America's hearts, minds, and souls are at times...because the two deadliest drugs are still legal...and killing 100's of thousands of our Mothers, Fathers, Brothers, Sisters, Friends..etc..a year. It's funny to me that we would rather discuss and blame based on the legality of something...and make almost no mention about the fact that Tabacco and Alcohol...the two deadliest causes in America...are still being sold every single day. To me, when I read that some people are choosing Marijuana over sleeping pills and non-depresants, I don't create a judgment based on right or wrong. If a natural substance known as TCP that grows on a plant works better for you then a pill that is induced with amounts of 6-60 different types of chemicals...then so be it. Who am I to tell you that you can't enjoy a past time that has yet to be the cause of any human's death (strictly talking substance wise...it's never caused death or cancer, despite what many tabloids or organizations would love us to believe. If you doubt..do some research like me ), and yet offer you a cigarrette containing more then 2 dozen deadly chemicals...either of which, alone, can kill you...and say that this is okay because it's legal, and the other isn't because our Government, for us and

As an attorney with over 35 years experience in criminal law, from all sides; I believe the war on drugs has focused on the wrong target. As in all social crimes, you bad results of drug abuse can only be corrected

Everyone can go on and on for hours about all the historical data and statistics about all the ill effects drugs have had on many lives of people all over the world. Some people ask why we do it? Well we have a superior intelligence to 'other animals', and the ideal of 'personal freedom of choice' is the key! The actual effects drugs have on people, give them a multitude of feelings. From enjoyment, to the numbing of their pain. They also save lives. THe point I am getting at is, that the war on drugs is practiaclly a futile war, but at least it keeps things in a balance and doesn't let things get out of control. The way to win the war really? To better educate the children of tomorrow. There are plenty of adults who can enjoy themselves recreationally and still be responsible and successful individuals, but increasing the planets education to allow them to lead easier and more fullfilling lives with more opportunites away from resorting to drugs to solve their problems is the best way we can help the future to be a better future for everyone!

Is Donald Trump a drug expert or real estate god? Pass it to the left....

Drugs definitely mess people up. What scares me is the Meth labs. The toxic chemicals released into the walls of these places can cause a breakdown in blood vessels and arteries resulting in aneurysms, heart attacks and strokes. Many people cooking this stuff have little children being exposed to toxic chemicals such as drain cleaner every day. Anyone buying a preoccupied dwelling should make sure the house was not used for this because toxic residue remains. Is that covered in the real estate classes? If not, I hope you will consider it.