Avira, I don’t think anyone is saying yeshivos are as bad as public schools when it comes to drug use in school. They’re definitely not. The question is, does the problem exist in the frum world? The answer is yes.
Even going back 20+ years, I remember that when I’d sometimes go out bowling with friends at Maple Lanes on a Motzei Shabbos (which was in Boro Park), there was a chassidish guy, still dressed in his Shabbos clothes, selling drugs in the parking lot. Things have only gotten worse since then.
I personally know of many people in Lakewood and the surrounding area who regularly use marijuana recreationally. I know of shuls there who have crazy kiddushim, with thousands of dollars worth of alcohol each week, which get completely finished.
Substance abuse exists in the frum world. It’s a fact. Trying to deny it is just burying your head in the sand, and it will just cause things to get worse. It needs to be addressed.
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