Mainstream Stores Sell Clothing Promoting Drug Use
Teenagers are walking billboards for illegal drugs, according to a community advocacy group.
The group, Health Avocates Rejecting Marijuana, showed off T-shirts available at stores where teenagers normally shop — stores like No Fear, Anchor Blue, Sam Goody, Hot Topic, and even JCPenney, the group said.
The T-shirts included phrases such as "Crunk," “Toasted," and “King Bong" that the group said glamorizes illegal drug use.
"If retailers are going to sell these T-shirts to our kids, we need to make sure the public is aware," said Rebecca Hernandez, co-vhair of HARM’s Policy Work Group. The teenagers working against the T-shirts said they might be funny and entertaining, but they’re counterproductive to drug education.
"I’m really tired of seeing these shirts and parents not having any idea," said Marla Schevker, of the Youth Advocacy Coalition. "We’re not druggies, and I’m tired of the clothing companies thinking that we are."
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