Lewisville cheerleaders accused of using drugs at weekend retreat

DC says:

A gaggle of suburban cheerleaders on e? Sounds like a nightmare. Clearly the only way to prevent a homicide was to be sure everyone was doing it.

OldCheerleader says:

@Scott Doyle I'm sure the cheerleaders are mortified and humbled. I seriously doubt any of them wanted to become the infamous Lewisville cheerleader druggies. They were experimenting same as all other teens do. They just picked a really stupid time and location. Sure, they should be punished. But they have, and they're humiliated. I doubt they feel like "badasses." And poor life decisions are to follow? How in the world can you assume that? The majority of successful adults made some stupid decision or another while they were in high school.

OldCheerleader says:

I don't think it's newsworthy at all. It's completely ridiculous this story has made headlines in so many places. But you can trust me, the attention they're receiving at home in in their communities isn't good attention. And they aren't gobbling it up. And there really isn't much of a "cheer history" to be part of, so I doubt anyone is aiming for that, either. All-star cheerleading is a sport and the goal is the be the best in the competition. Getting kicked off a cheer team or suspended from school doesn't really help any cheerleader reach his or her goal.

And yes, Travis. I do mean because they were caught. I'm just saying that I doubt they're enjoying the attention.

jtmbls says:

They just picked a really stupid time and location.

Dumb girls! Should have planned their drug usage better!!

inarchetype says:

And this is news why?

chriss says:

I've always thought it was hilarious that the punishment for using drugs, etc. was being suspended from school activities...so they have more time on their hands to do drugs!!! Jtmbls is right: they probably should have been more discreet. And how exactly were today's crop of parents, teachers, administrators, politicians and cops recreating when they were teens????? It'd be interesting to hear everyone stand up and honestly testify before they decide on a punishment for these kids.

jtmbls says:

That was sarcasm chriss. I do not in any way endorse a free-for-all attitude when it comes to teens and drugs. Either because of or in spite of my ambiguous level of experimentation when I was a teen.

My vote is that we make it as memorably painful as possible when our children make the choice to escape reality. Bad habits are better quashed before they become habits.

That said you are right on about the suspension thing. I am wholly supportive of a Janitor for a Week program. Instead of giving them more free time, let them see the sorts of jobs that will be available to them when they cannot pass a drug test.

mbregenzer says:

Lewisville parent of student involved in two extra-curricular programs... my opinion... if substantiated, off the team for this school year... better to learn this lesson of accountability for your actions now rather than later when the drug of choice is more lethal. Also I believe I read these students were actually working at the cheer camp assisting in teaching younger kids.. LISD has taken a proactive stance on drug usage and it helps reinforce what parents are telling their kids.. do the crime.. do the time.

chriss says:

Jtmbls: I wasn't being sarcastic. I must have been out sick the day we learned choosing to escape reality was a bad thing. Most people I know do it in various ways. Teenagers want to do what adults do. No one should have to pass a drug test to get a job. what you do off the job is your bidness not the employers--unless they want to pay you 24/7.

chriss says:

Sixteen is 21 now? Au contraire, 21 is now 16. I was buying beer when I was 16 and never had to resort to a fake ID; now 20-year-olds have to sneak around like naughty children to get a drink.
I don't have much experience with Ecstasy, but I think it is for things other than sex. Is this cheerleading camp coed? Or did you envision some girl-on-girl action? "Horny Teen Cheerleaders on X"? Parents who really want their kids to "do time" probably shouldn't be parents. I made a modest proposal on another thread concerning teenagers that everyone between 13 and 18 be put into "relocation camps" so they can't cause anyone any problems with their growing pains. Now THAT'S a proactive stance.

chriss says:

Learning from mistakes: I don't know a single person my age who partied his/her ass off when younger who acts as if they regretted it or says they wish someone had lowered the boom on us. Most of them laugh when they tell their war stories about the time they were so wasted .....

chriss says:

Peter--No, I missed the whole rave scene by several decades. I was lucky enough to be in my teens and 20s in the 1970s and '80s, though, and we were regularly told the stuff we were doing would result in death. Are there statistics on this somewhere that don't come from the gummint? The anti-alcohol people also posit death as occurring more often than it should from drinking.

Travis--lots of stuff back in the day was "cut" with speed, etc, too. There was a surprisingly savvy market and word got around quickly about who had good stuff and who didn't.

DC says:

I've been saying for a while that Dallas could use a huge ecstasy fueled orgy.