48 hours/CBS

[Anonymous]

Did anyone catch 48 Hours tonight ?"Death in the desert" was the topic.
It was on a Boot Camp for kids as young as 7 years old !!! :eek: I know it is not the same as Kids was but,....there were so many things that reminded me of being stuck in my blue chair!
And the Fucker that ran it was just as cockie and self-rightious as Newton.A young boy died while in there care.So ,so sad.

Watching this story has upset me tonight. I hate to think that anything that even resembles what went on in "Kids", is going on anywhere. These power freaks out there, taken advantage of children and desprate parents.

You can find the story on CBS.com Click on 48 Hours and the story was called, Death in the Desert.

[Hamiltonf]

Yessir, I saw it.  And you are absolutly right The world is full of these self-righteous pricks.  That was the first part of the show and I thought by the end of that that there is no hope for America.  But then they did a bit on "Multisystemic Therapy"  The first I had heard of that.  Looks promising, and much more humane.  
But overall, the underlying assumption is that all drug use is bad, and it's the drugs that cause the problem rather than the war on drugs.  All kids will  try some sort of risk-taking behaviours.  It's part of growing up.  But zero-tolerance and criminalization of youth for their risk-taking is the source of so much violence and anger.  
Suggestion to parents -- don't panic when your kids act out or experiment with drugs  -- and don't overreact.  Have your kids say "know" to drugs.       Get counselling if need be from properly qualified personnel but beware residential treatment.