Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Hollyoaks " Sasha stoyline"?

I feel that Hollyoaks has got it all wrong about the 'Sasha on drugs' storyline. Since this is aimed at a teenage audience, I feel they have a responsibility to GET IT RIGHT. I don't know where the researchers are going to, to get their research for this but they are getting it all wrong. Therefore ( impressionable) young people watching the programme get false ideas about drugs and drug taking, resulting in unneccesary prejudices about people who use drugs, stop using the word SMACKHEAD for a start and start showing the other side to it, for example how the person becomes hooked on the drug in the first place, the impact it has on them mentally, emotionally and physically ( the whole picture) AND the impact it has on their families and friends.THEN today's youngsters may start showing more empathy with drug users instead of fear and hate. Keep it real please, so today's teenagers receive the CORRECT information about such a SERIOUS issue.Who agrees/disagrees?

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