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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Lewisville cheerleaders accused of using drugs at weekend retreat

by PegNews wire

Cheerleaders from Lewisville High School allegedly had a little too much fun at a weekend Denton County cheer clinic, as they stand accused of using Ecstasy and other drugs. Cheerleaders from two other schools -- Marcus High School and Flower Mound High School -- will be investigated by Lewisville ISD, since they attended the same clinic.

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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.

DC Anonymous

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Wow, what an eye-opener! Of all the things in the metroplex to worry about, Lewisville Cheerleaders make the cut!!

Hope NBC realizes those girls consider themselves absolute badasses for being on the evening news regardless of the reason, and poor life decisions are sure to follow.

tsk, tsk

Scott Doyle Verified

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Does using ecstasy affect your spirit fingers?

John McClelland Verified

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Teens use drugs, more at 11.

Pavel Lishin Verified

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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John, it also gives you the transcendent Herkey..

Travis Bush Verified

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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@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 Anonymous

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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So, you're saying many successful people stumble along the way but I'm crazy for insinuating cheerleaders will gobble up media attention and let it go to their heads? You use the term "infamous" like this solidifies their place in cheer history, isn't that exactly what many of them aim for...however they get there? Ends justify the means, it seems.

Still have no idea how this is newsworthy.

Scott Doyle Verified

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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*@Scott Doyle I'm sure the cheerleaders are mortified and humbled.*

at getting caught..otherwise I doubt it.

Travis Bush Verified

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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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.

OldCheerleader Anonymous

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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They just picked a really stupid time and location.

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

jtmbls Anonymous

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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And this is news why?

inarchetype Anonymous

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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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.

chriss Anonymous

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Sounds like a flawless defense ya got there. Apparently learning from mistakes is a practice to be avoided.

"Aww shucks, little Jenny is hooked on meth - live and learn I guess!"

Scott Doyle Verified

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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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.

jtmbls Anonymous

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Fully agree with Travis and Scott. 16 years old is 21 now. These kids think they know everything and they have full control of the world. They are only upset because they got caught, mom found out, and now they are going to lose their college ride as a cheerleader. My question is - where they by themselves? E is a drug that you mix with sex. This is not pot. This is not something you kick back with Dark Side of the moon and a bag or doritos. This is a drug when you get naked, hit the mood lights, add the pacifiers (Or other oral prop because you must keep your jaw moving during the drug), and you do things you dont admit to mommy and daddy in the daylight.

Peter Stawicki Verified

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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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.

mbregenzer Anonymous

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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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 Anonymous

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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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 Anonymous

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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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 Anonymous

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Hey Chris - I dont believe you have ever been to a rave. No I wasnt envisioning porn - however: The most common beneficial effects reported by users include:[58]

A general and subjective alteration in consciousness A strong sense of inner peace and self-acceptance Diminished aggression, hostility, and jealousy Diminished fear, anxiety, and insecurity Extreme mood lift with accompanying euphoria Feelings of empathy, compassion, and forgiveness towards others Feelings of intimacy and even love for others Feelings of insightfulness, introspection, and mental clarity Improved self-confidence without the incidence of arrogance The ability to discuss normally anxiety-provoking topics with marked ease An intensification of perception, particularly tactile sensation or touch, as well as hearing and vision Substantial enhancement of the appreciation for or quality of music Mild psychedelia, consisting of mental imagery and auditory and visual distortions As well as:

Stimulation, arousal, and hyperactivity (e.g., many users get an "uncontrollable urge to dance" while under the influence) Increased energy and endurance Increased alertness, awareness, and wakefulness Increased desire, drive, and motivation Hypersexuality and aphrodisiac effects (along with paradoxical sexual dysfunction (see below)) Analgesia or decreased pain sensitivity

And of course the one side effect that isnt mentioned here but happens more times than it should is death. This is a narcotic that is produced without benefit of oversight in a pharmacutical facility and there are plenty of cases of deaths that have occurred but directly and indirectly from this drug.

Peter Stawicki Verified

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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With all due respect to cheerleaders everywhere...they ARE cheerleaders. Aren't they supposed to be cheerful. Why is this more troubling than any other students using drugs? These (young ladies) will likely grow up to be housewives married to doctors, bankers, and lawyers, etc. They will NEED to know how to turn off reality. What's the big whoop?

Rick Yost Verified

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Any of that mess kids get these days is stomped on with heroin and speed...something most of them don't realize and one imagines something their parents don't either..

Travis Bush Verified

3 months, 2 weeks ago
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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.