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Any of you who have read this transcript and don't see the importance and benefit of the message the panelists were trying to get across are ignorant and single-minded. Please try looking at the WHOLE picture and understand that the media, government and several parents and teachers try to control the adolescent population with fear. Its refreshing to see that these students are being taught with a more practical approach: logic.

Just had to respond to no. 23....

You say it is wrong to approach these subjects with a "their going to do it anyway" attitude.

..and then you say that your way is better because...."it's because they know the consequences by experiencing them themselves or seeing their friends experience them"..... meaning that you, or your friends, "DID IT ANYWAY"

Thanks for proving the point...

I am a recent college graduate: young enough to remember this age, but with 5 years perspective of hindsight:
I think a great deal of what was said in this panel needed to be said, and has been taken out of context in the media. Many students will experience or be curious about sex and drugs. The comment was precisely right that if you don't address it honestly, you will lose all credibility with youth to give constructive advice. The "15 year old me" story provided very real consequences of sexual choices. Honest discourse about drugs is necessary, and will be more effective than simply saying "don't because you'll die"

That said, I agree that the panel needed balance. In trying to reach the 33% of students having sex, they alienated the 67% who were not having sex, making them feel like their choice was strange and unnatural. In trying to relate exclusively to the experimenting crowd, the panel failed to acknowledge that some people make smart decisions the first time, or learn from other's mistakes instead of their own. One "I didn't do drugs and I don't really feel like I missed out on youth" voice would have nicely balanced an otherwise open, honest discussion.

I think this was actually great for the kids. The truth is that we have been blinded by the government about some of marijuanas and exstacy's benifit, instead we focus on was is bad about them. Marijuana, to me never made me dumb or try other drugs. Marijuana is the only drug ive done and beleive me its way harmless than cigarretes and yet cigarretes are legal and they kill millions each year. Watever, closeminded individuals should really just stay up their asses and really they should just open their minds.
theyre stupid..

"Funny how he conveniently had a friend jump out of a third story window high on LSD. That sounds like BS to me"

I completely agree what a load of crap!

The point: Teach your children about the REAL impacts of Drugs, Alcohol, Nicotine, and Sex - because the public school system will royally screw it up. It is quite telling that a young, female student was the lone voice of reason in the whole assembly.

"And so, and finally, I think that we need to educate kids about drugs in terms of the relative harms caused by these drugs. And so when adults say kids, don’t take drugs, drugs make you feel bad. No they don’t. They make you feel good. That’s why people take drugs. They have bad consequences, and that’s what we have to be honest about. So you can’t have a series of lies and then try to insert some truths in afterwards because then you’ll throw the baby out with the bath water and come up with far worse situations. So, thank you very much."
This is so true! And thats all I have to say..

I wish I could have had a talk like this in high school.

This was a well balanced conversation. It told kids the good and the bad about their decisions. It reaffirmed that their our consequences to your decisions.

They told the truth. They didn't use fear as a way to control behavior.

Good Grief, has anyone told you people "Leave it to Beaver" left the air 40 years ago? Welcome to reality. I think this panel told the truth. They addressed the issues, they did it with candor and honest. They spoke about the heartbreaking decisions that come with drugs and sex. Todays kids are seeing this stuff on TV night after night when Mom and Dad abandon them to MTV. Get off your self righteous high horses and stop whining. These kids were told the horrid truth. Sex is fun. Drugs are fun. But there are consequences and you need to think about that. Good Job to Boulder High on a GREAT PANEL!

I can only wish that some adult had had the level of honesty and respect for me as a teenager to give me something resembling the straight truth as opposed to the steady diet of anti-drug hysteria and pro-abstinence propaganda that flowed through my school, my church, and my TV.